How many species become extinct each year?
Each year as many as 50,000 species of animals and plants become extinct due to deforestation and hunting. This causes the food chain to muddle up, and other animals die out. If one animal or plant becomes extinct, then the prey of the animal becomes overpopulated with nothing to eat them, and the predator dies off because it has nothing to feed on. It has a hge effect on other animals if one animal becomes extinct.
