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Climate Change Threatens Endangered Species
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A Key deer that died in the wake of Hurricane Irma in Big Pine, Florida, USA. The endangered Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the North American white-tailed deer, are only found in the Florida Keys. By the 1950s, poaching and the loss of habitat had brought the Key deer to the brink of extinction with only a few dozen remaining. Since then, conservation efforts have helped their numbers grow to close to a thousand. But like all endangered species, Key deer remain vulnerable to climate change and the severe weather that it creates.back to gallery