# UNV308-11 - 2002 Endangered Species
The tenth installment of the Endangered Species Series, which began in 1993, was issued April 4, 2002. This series spotlights the need for protection of endangered species throughout the world.
Pictured on the euro 0,51 stamps are the siamang, the jackass penguin, the banded linsang, and the Sonoran green toad. The jackass penguin is so named because it sounds like a donkey. It is found only off the coast of South Africa and Namibia. Egg collection, excess fishing, and oil spills have helped to bring the wild jackass penguin population down to an estimated 180,000.
The tenth installment of the Endangered Species Series, which began in 1993, was issued April 4, 2002. This series spotlights the need for protection of endangered species throughout the world.
Pictured on the euro 0,51 stamps are the siamang, the jackass penguin, the banded linsang, and the Sonoran green toad. The jackass penguin is so named because it sounds like a donkey. It is found only off the coast of South Africa and Namibia. Egg collection, excess fishing, and oil spills have helped to bring the wild jackass penguin population down to an estimated 180,000.