ENDANGERED Humanity's relentless push into natural habitats could spell doom for the magnificent diversity of life

BY IRENE GASHUROV 1. GREAT INDIAN RHINOCEROS HOME: India, Nepal POPULATION: 2,000 Poachers sell the horn for its reputed healing power 2. DUGONG HOME: Australasia, Africa POPULATION: 100,000 Low birth rates put its survival in question 3. POLAR BEAR HOME: Canada, Russia, Greenland, Norway POPULATION: 28,000 This nomadic loner is sometimes overhunted 4. CHINESE ALLIGATOR HOME: China POPULATION: 200 Caught in the wild, it fares badly in gator farms 5. FLORIDA PANTHER HOME: North America POPULATION: 30-50 The big cat is threatened by hunting, habitat loss and inbreeding 6. WOOD STORK HOME: U.S. POPULATION: 25,000 It has been driven out of its Everglades habitat 7. GREEN SEA TURTLE HOME: Atlantic, Indian, Pacific Oceans POPULATION: Unknown Harvested for human food, it faces extinction 8. GREVY'S ZEBRA HOME: Kenya, Ethiopia POPULATION: 5,800 Kenya bans zebra hunting, but the animal is fair game in Ethiopia 9. WHOOPING CRANE HOME: The Americas POPULATION: Less than 100 Loudly trumpeting their courtship calls, cranes fall prey to hunters