1.   The big cat has been hunted to near extinction.

2.   But some Native Americans fear that the measure could end or restrict programs aimed at saving tribal languages that are nearing extinction.

3.   Challenging traditional bighorn taxonomic classifications, Wehausen has identified the Sierra animals as a separate subspecies, one that is nearing extinction.

4.   That was just another sign the program was nearing extinction.

5.   The reptiles are indigenous to specific, isolated habitats in far-flung places around the globe, and their species are nearing extinction.

6.   The wolf, hunted to near extinction by government trappers, and condors, poisoned and shot across the continent, existed only in zoos.

7.   Working almost single handedly, the group revived and rejuvenated a style that was nearing extinction.

8.   Working almost singlehandedly, the group revived and rejuvenated a style that was nearing extinction.

9.   After the turtles were hunted to near extinction for their shells, commercial exploitation was banned.