Endangered animals mail art call 2017.
- We here at Mail a smile love animals and think it’s time to dedicate a mail art call to them. We believe it’s important to take care of our environment including all living creatures. Since so many are already extinct, we’d like to raise awareness of critically endangered animals to prevent further extinction.
- This challenge lasts from February 1st – December 31st, 2017.
- Create a postcard/letter or anything you wish to mail.
- No entry fee, no returns, no size limit
- Multiple entries welcome:)
- Send your art work to this address:
Mail a smile
Budapest
Pf.:20
1554 – Hungary
- The art-works will be displayed in an exhibition in 2018 in Budapest.
- Please indicate the name of the animal and optionally your name, country, social media contact on the back of the postcard
- Send us a photo of your work so we can add it to our gallery and Facebook. (info [at] mailasmile [dot] org) or we can take a photo once your art work is received.
- Be sure to use hashtag #2017MailASmile on instagram and tumblr.
- Pick an endangered animal from the list below but feel free to choose any others that are not listed. Once an animal is represented its name will be highlighted. We would be happy to receive more than one entry for the same animal.
| Amur Leopard | Panthera pardus orientalis | Critically Endangered |
| Black Rhino (2) | Diceros bicornis | Critically Endangered |
| Bornean Orangutan | Pongo pygmaeus | Critically Endangered |
| Cross River Gorilla | Gorilla gorilla diehli | Critically Endangered |
| Eastern Lowland Gorilla | Gorilla beringei graueri | Critically Endangered |
| Hawksbill Turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | Critically Endangered |
| Javan Rhino | Rhinoceros sondaicus | Critically Endangered |
| Leatherback Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | Critically Endangered |
| Mountain Gorilla | Gorilla beringei beringei | Critically Endangered |
| Orangutan (1) | Pongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus | Critically Endangered |
| Pangolin (1) | Critically Endangered | |
| Saola | Pseudoryx nghetinhensis | Critically Endangered |
| South China Tiger | Panthera tigris amoyensis | Critically Endangered |
| Sumatran Elephant | Elephas maximus sumatranus | Critically Endangered |
| Sumatran Orangutan | Pongo abelii | Critically Endangered |
| Sumatran Rhino | Dicerorhinus sumatrensis | Critically Endangered |
| Sumatran Tiger | Panthera tigris sumatrae | Critically Endangered |
| Vaquita | Phocoena sinus | Critically Endangered |
| Western Lowland Gorilla | Gorilla gorilla gorilla | Critically Endangered |
| African Wild Dog | Lycaon pictus | Endangered |
| Amur Tiger | Panthera tigris altaica | Endangered |
| Asian Elephant (2) | Elephas maximus indicus | Endangered |
| Bengal Tiger | Panthera tigris tigris | Endangered |
| Black-footed Ferret (1) | Mustela nigripes | Endangered |
| Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus | Endangered |
| Bluefin Tuna (1) | Thunnus spp | Endangered |
| Bonobo | Pan paniscus | Endangered |
| Borneo Pygmy Elephant | Elephas maximus borneensis | Endangered |
| Chimpanzee | Pan troglodytes | Endangered |
| Fin Whale | Balaenoptera physalus | Endangered |
| Galápagos Penguin | Spheniscus mendiculus | Endangered |
| Ganges River Dolphin | Platanista gangetica gangetica | Endangered |
| Green Turtle | Chelonia mydas | Endangered |
| Hector’s Dolphin | Cephalorhynchus hectori | Endangered |
| Humphead Wrasse | Cheilinus undulatus | Endangered |
| Indian Elephant | Elephas maximus indicus | Endangered |
| Indochinese Tiger | Panthera tigris corbetti | Endangered |
| Indus River Dolphin | Platanista minor | Endangered |
| Malayan Tiger | Panthera tigris jacksoni | Endangered |
| North Atlantic Right Whale | Eubalaena glacialis | Endangered |
| Red Panda (2) | Ailurus fulgens | Endangered |
| Sea Lions | Zalophus wollebaeki | Endangered |
| Sei Whale | Balaenoptera borealis | Endangered |
| Snow Leopard | Panthera uncia | Endangered |
| Sri Lankan Elephant | Elephas maximus maximus | Endangered |
| Tiger | Panthera tigris | Endangered |
| Whale | Balaenoptera, Balaena, Eschrichtius, and Eubalaen | Endangered |
| African Elephant | Loxodonta africana | Vulnerable |
| Bigeye Tuna | Thunnus obesus | Vulnerable |
| Black Spider Monkey | Ateles paniscus | Vulnerable |
| Dugong | Dugong dugon | Vulnerable |
| Forest Elephant | Vulnerable | |
| Giant Panda | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | Vulnerable |
| Giant Tortoise | Vulnerable | |
| Great White Shark | Carcharodon carcharias | Vulnerable |
| Greater One-Horned Rhino | Rhinoceros unicornis | Vulnerable |
| Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus amphibius | Vulnerable |
| Irrawaddy Dolphin | Orcaella brevirostris | Vulnerable |
| Loggerhead Turtle | Caretta caretta | Vulnerable |
| Marine Iguana | Amblyrhynchus cristatus | Vulnerable |
| Olive Ridley Turtle | Lepidochelys olivacea | Vulnerable |
| Polar Bear (1) | Ursus maritimus | Vulnerable |
| Savanna Elephant | Loxodonta africana africana | Vulnerable |
| Sea Turtle | Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae families | Vulnerable |
| Southern rockhopper penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Vulnerable |
| Whale Shark | Rhincodon typus | Vulnerable |
| Yangtze Finless Porpoise | Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis | Vulnerable |
| Albacore Tuna | Thunnus alalunga | Near Threatened |
| Beluga | Delphinapterus leucas | Near Threatened |
| Greater Sage-Grouse | Centrocercus urophasianus | Near Threatened |
| Jaguar | Panthera onca | Near Threatened |
| Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus | Near Threatened |
| Mountain Plover | Charadrius montanus | Near Threatened |
| Narwhal | Monodon monoceros | Near Threatened |
| Plains Bison | Bison bison bison | Near Threatened |
| White Rhino | Ceratotherium simum | Near Threatened |
| Yellowfin Tuna | Thunnus albacares | Near Threatened |
| Arctic Fox | Vulpes lagopus | Least Concern |
| Arctic Wolf | Canis lupus arctos | Least Concern |
| Bowhead Whale | Balaena mysticetus | Least Concern |
| Brown Bear | Ursus arctos | Least Concern |
| Common Bottlenose Dolphin (1) | Least Concern | |
| Gray Whale | Eschrichtius robustus | Least Concern |
| Macaw | Ara ararauna | Least Concern |
| Pronghorn | Antilocarpa americana | Least Concern |
| Skipjack Tuna | Katsuwonus pelamis | Least Concern |
| Swift Fox (1) | Vulpes velox | Least Concern |
| Tree Kangaroo | Dendrolagus sp. | Least Concern |
| Amazon River Dolphin | Scientific Name Inia geoffrensis | Least Concern |
Reference: WWF
We have also received mail-art for the following ones:
Blue Butterfly (Aricia icarioides missionensis) (1)
Butterfly (1)
Blob fish (2)
Corroboree frog (1)
Tibetan butterfly (1)
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