Are killer whales endanged

Answer 1

Killer whales, also known as orcas, are not officially endangered. There are a great many threats to the killer whale, and some local populations are definitely endangered or threatened, but as a species, they are classified as "data deficient". This means there are different species of killer whales, and some of them may well be in need of protection. For example, in late 2005, the Southern Resident Killer Whales, which are a group of populations in the eastern North Pacific Ocean, were placed on the US Endangered species list.

Killer whales have been exploited for their meat, hides, blubber and internal organs for a long time, but never on a large-scale basis. Habitat loss and pollution remain problems for the killer whales.

According to the NOAA Fisheries website of endangered animals, two populations out of the worldwide distribution are on the endangered species list.

Answer 2

No. They are usually not hunted by humans and they are not preyed upon by other animals. They have no trouble mating and producing baby orcas. Pollution can effect the water they live in and the prey they eat, but, the numbers of orcas in the wild is enough to keep them around well into the foreseeable future.

Answer 3

yes they are because japaness are killing them