Endangered Australian Animals

Endangered Australian Animals explores the debate about protecting our threatened native animals.
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It is part of the series What’s the Issue? which aims to fill in the facts behind the headlines, developing students’ understanding of the issues they hear about in the media and assisting them to develop and justify their own opinions and arguments.
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Within a highly visual and engaging design this title comprehensively outlines the main aspects of the issue and provides information to generate discussion and thinking, including questions that invite students to think about their own views on endangered animals.
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Special features:
• complex issues written clearly and simply, without bias or prejudice
• the issue defined and explained
• up-to-date facts
• a ‘Viewpoints’ page to guide further thinking and discussion
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Contents:
What’s the issue? Endangered Australian animals
Why are some Australian animal species endangered?
How are endangered animal species managed?
Endangered species in freshwater habitats
Endangered species in forest habitats
Endangered species in desert habitats
Endangered species in rangeland habitats
Endangered species in marine habitats
Future of Australia’s endangered animal species
Viewpoints: Are breeding programs the solution for endangered animal species?