Endangered Species in Western New York

Wildlife is not a big factor in Buffalo, New York. Some of the species that are found there and beginning to become endangered are: 

Peregrine falcon- This species was eliminated from the Eastern United States in the 1960's reports from the New York State Conservation law show. There was reduced breeding due to pesticide residues in their bird prey. Due to efforts their population has begun to grow steadily with about 50 pairs now spotted, but still remain on the endangered list.

Great Lakes wolf- First began to disappear when these wolves hybridized with gray wolves moving in from Canada. The native species began being taken over and now these great lakes wolves are being protected by the states.

Indiana bat- These bats are located on the endangered list because of destruction of habitat. It is believe that there are only 13,000 indiana bats left in the 8 out of 120 caves located in New York. Because bats hibernate in caves, they are subject to flooding or collapsing, both which have killed thousands of bats in the past.

Allegheny Woodrat- In 1980 there were only 5 known sites that woodrats occupied, which became extirpated in 1987. It was discovered that the woodrats had been wiped out by a parasite of the raccoon called raccoon roundworm.

Eastern Cougar- With exception of Florida, the eastern cougar has been extirpated from east of the mississippi since 1900. Studies have shown that this is due to human expansion and the taking over of land that the cougar used to make its habitat.