Vanishing:
A photographic representation of the effects of human action on animal endangerment and extinction

California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Persecution, Poisoning from ingesting lead shot in carcasses, Habitat loss

Peninsular pronghorn (Antilocapra americana peninsularis) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered

African lion (Panthera leo) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Under Review IUCN Red List: Vulnerable Indiscriminate killing in defense of life and livestock, Prey base depletion

Western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print Extinct Poaching

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Threatened IUCN Red List: Endangered Human-caused mortality, Habitat loss, Alienation, Fragmentation

Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: (Not Listed) IUCN Red List: Endangered 95% population decline in the past 30 years due to over-fishing and the rise in demand for shark fins

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Threatened IUCN Red List: Vulnerable Poaching, Hunting, Habitat fragmentation due to expansion and rapid land conversion

Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Threatened IUCN Red List: Least Concern Fur trapping, Habitat loss

Giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Very restricted habitat range, 85-90% population decline in last 25 years due to military conflict resulting in habitat quality degradation

Amsterdam albatross (Diomedia amsterdamensis) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered


Saudi Gazelle (Gazella saudiya) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print Extinct Excessive Hunting

Bactrian deer (Cervus elaphus bactrianus) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print IUCN Red List: Least Concern U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered Uncontrolled hunting, Logging, Unsustainable agricultural practices

Christmas Island goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus natalis) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Endangered Introduction of Yellow Crazy Ants, Habitat loss, Disease, Invasive weeds, Human-caused mortality

Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Intensely harvested for meat, eggs, shells

American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Vulnerable Hunting, Poaching (illegal), Habitat degradation and destruction due to coastal development and shrimp aquaculture

Whooping crane (Grus americana) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Hunting, Habitat loss, Collision with power-lines


Simien fox (Canis simensis) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered IUCN Red List: Endangered Habitat loss due to agricultural use, grazing fields and roads, Disease epizootics, Road kills, Shooting, Rabies


Wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) D. Randy Huffman Silver Gelatin Print U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Threatened IUCN Red List: Near Threatened Habitat loss, Genetic manipulation, Hybridization between subspecies, Infection from cattle
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