endangered images - Joel Sartore

Photo: An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

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An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

Photo: An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

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An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

Photo: An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

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An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

Photo: An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Picture of an endangered Matschie's tree-kangaroo with her joey (Dendrolagus matschiei) at Zoo Miami.

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An endangered Matschie’s tree-kangaroo with her joey (Dendrolagus matschiei) at Zoo Miami.

Photo: An endangered chimpanzee named Jengo (Pan troglodytes) at the Singapore Zoo.

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An endangered chimpanzee named Jengo (Pan troglodytes) at the Singapore Zoo.

Photo: An endangered chimpanzee named Jengo (Pan troglodytes) at the Singapore Zoo.

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An endangered chimpanzee named Jengo (Pan troglodytes) at the Singapore Zoo.

Photo: An endangered chimpanzee named Jengo (Pan troglodytes) at the Singapore Zoo.

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An endangered chimpanzee named Jengo (Pan troglodytes) at the Singapore Zoo.

Picture of an endangered sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) at the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam.

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An endangered sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) at the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam.

Photo: An endangered white-naped mangabey (Cercocebus lunulatus) at the Rome Zoo.

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An endangered white-naped mangabey (Cercocebus lunulatus) at the Rome Zoo.

Photo: Endangered white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus) at the Rome Zoo.

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Endangered white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus) at the Rome Zoo.

Photo: Endangered white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus) at the Rome Zoo.

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Endangered white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus) at the Rome Zoo.

Photo: An endangered sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) at the Rome Zoo.

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An endangered sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) at the Rome Zoo.

Photo: An endangered sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) at the Rome Zoo.

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An endangered sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) at the Rome Zoo.

Photo: An endangered sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) at the Rome Zoo.

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An endangered sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) at the Rome Zoo.

Photo: An endangered sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) at the Rome Zoo.

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An endangered sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) at the Rome Zoo.

Photo: An endangered Italian asp viper (Vipera aspis francisciredi) at Reptiland in Riva del Garda Italy.

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An endangered Italian asp viper (Vipera aspis francisciredi) at Reptiland in Riva del Garda Italy.

Photo: An endangered Italian asp viper (Vipera aspis francisciredi) at Reptiland in Riva del Garda Italy.

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An endangered Italian asp viper (Vipera aspis francisciredi) at Reptiland in Riva del Garda Italy.

Photo: An endangered Italian asp viper (Vipera aspis francisciredi) at Reptiland in Riva del Garda Italy.

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An endangered Italian asp viper (Vipera aspis francisciredi) at Reptiland in Riva del Garda Italy.

Photo: An endangered Italian asp viper (Vipera aspis francisciredi) at Reptiland in Riva del Garda Italy.

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An endangered Italian asp viper (Vipera aspis francisciredi) at Reptiland in Riva del Garda Italy.

Photo: An endangered yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii) at Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Cambodia.

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An endangered yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii) at Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii) at Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Cambodia.

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An endangered yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii) at Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii) at Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Cambodia.

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An endangered yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii) at Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Cambodia.

Photo: A federally threatened ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera, at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium.

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A federally threatened ringed map turtle, Graptemys oculifera, at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium.

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