Endangered Species Awareness Poster

Endangered Species Awareness Poster Contest

The North Carolina Zoo invites all North Carolina, K-12 grade students to showcase their artistic talent and their commitment to increasing awareness of endangered species by participating in the Endangered Species Awareness Poster Contest.

WHAT IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES?

An endangered species is an animal or plant that is in danger of becoming extinct, meaning it would no longer be alive on our Earth. There are more than 1,000 animal species endangered worldwide. North Carolina alone has 28 endangered plant and animal species. There are many reasons why a species may become endangered, including habitat destruction, introduced species, disease, pollution, animal trade, population, and the list goes on. But remember, endangered means there is still time!

And the 2019 Winners are...

This past fall, we asked our North Carolina K-12th graders to combine art, research, and their desire to help our planet by creating posters about endangered species and entering them into our Endangered Species Awareness Poster Contest. We had a great time looking through them all and there were a lot because we had over 220 entries! We had a two part voting system to figure out the winners. First, the posters were judged by 12 education staff members who ranked their favorite five from each division, each number had a point value attached with #1 having the most and #5 the least. After adding up all the points, the final five entries with the most votes from each division were displayed and voting was opened up to all North Carolina Zoo employees. The common theme from voters was that it was so hard to make a decision because all the posters were great and it was a tight race. Some divisions had as little as three votes separating first and second place.

Congrats to our winners and thank you to all those who entered this year! Join us this fall for the 2020 Endangered Species Awareness Poster Contest. To see a larger and clearer image right click on the image and "open image in new tab."