What is happening? In the UK alone, there are about 37,000 different species of animals and 65,000 different species of plants. Sadly, though, over the last 100 years more than 1 disappeared. plant and animal species have completely Today, about 1 of all British wildlife is still at risk especially animals such as the otter and the brown h Unless we do something to help, thing w only get worse The main reason why some types of plants and animals are becoming endangered species is that their habitats are lost or have changed. Animals like moths, birds and bats have lost their homes as people have cut down the hedgerows the live in. Also, a lot of ponds are no longer suitable for the animals and plants to live in because they are polluted, or people have filled them in