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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