Photographer’s quest to document animals which could soon be extinct

In the not too distant future, photographs like these could be the only way we have to see these animals.

Each of the beautiful creatures pictured is threatened with extinction.

Photographer Tim Flach travelled around the world to document them, hoping that by doing so he could prompt people to take action before it’s too late.

He’s basically a modern day Noah, only instead of an ark he has a camera.

All these photos, plus many more, are collected in his book Endangered.

Polar bear

Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct
(Picture: Tim Flach)

Native range: Arctic Circle

Conservation status: Vulnerable

Yellow Eyed Tree Frog Eggs

Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct
(Picture: Tim Flach)

Conservation status: Endangered

Philippine eagle

Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct
(Picture: Tim Flach)

Conservation status: Critically endangered

Native range: eastern Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao (all islands in the Philippines).

Hippopotamus

Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct

Conservation status: Vulnerable

Native range: sub-Saharan Africa

Yunnan Snub Nosed Monkey

 Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct
(Picture: Tim Flach)

Conservation status: Endangered

Native range: China

Snow Leopard

Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct
(Picture: Tim Flach)

Conservation status: Vulnerable

Native range: mountain ranges of Central and South Asia

Ploughshare Tortoises

Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct
(Picture: Tim Flach)

Conservation status: Critically endangered (they are the rarest tortoise in the world)

Native range: Madagascar

Iberian Lynx

Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct
(Picture: Tim Flach)

Conservation status: Endangered

Native range: Iberian Peninsula in Spain

Tiger

 Photographer's quest to document animals which could soon be extinct
(Picture: Tim Flach)

Conservation status: Endangered

Native range: India to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, North Korea and Russia. However, their population is fragmented and seriously reduced over the last century