Animals Going Extinct 2024. The hawaiian crows, or alala, were last found on hawaii’s big island, but they went extinct in the wild in 2002, officials with the san diego zoo wildlife alliance said in a statement. Any headlines claiming that we’ve “lost 73% of wildlife”, “73% of species have gone extinct” or “73% of species are declining” are incorrect.

Hundreds of thousands of animals around the world are threatened by human action and climate change and are in need of protection and conservation efforts. The hawaiian crows, or alala, were last found on hawaii’s big island, but they went extinct in the wild in 2002, officials with the san diego zoo wildlife alliance said in a statement.