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

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

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

4.   Crocodiles, which were once hunted to near extinction, are now a protected species.

5.   Most other whales were hunted to near extinction, and are only now beginning to repopulate the oceans.