they are killed and their scales are used to make jewelry
They are not rare anymore, though they were at one point endangered. There are estimated to be up to 2 million in Louisiana alone. The Everglades are one major habitat for these alligators.
From 1967 to 1987, the American Alligator was endangered. Today, however, it's population has fully recovered. The Chinese Alligator, however, is currently endangered.
Alligators are not an Endangered Species, but a Protected Species. They weill never come off the Protected list. They cannot repopulate fast enough.
Until 1985, American Alligators were considered endangered, because before that, Americans, and centuries ago European settlers, hunted them down to very near extinction. However, the American government banned hunting these animals, and they flourished again.
because people rape them
The chinese alligator is critically endangered, with a population of less than 500.
i think alligators in the everglades
alligators , crocodiles , and etc.
Their habitat is being destroyed and pollution kills fish and them.
Of course they are. All alligators are reptiles (not amphibians).
The American alligator now numbers over two and a half million. The smaller Chinese alligator is endangered, and numbers only a few hundred.
The American alligator currently numbers between 2-3 million. The endangered Chinese alligator is rare, only a few hundred survive.