Assertion: sea otter | /r/HasProperty | hunted to extinction
Facets:
value: nearly
type: DEGREE
value: for its fur
type: PURPOSE
value: in 1800s
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the 1700s
type: TEMPORAL
value: along the coast of b.c.
type: LOCATION
value: an event that led
type: OTHER
value: around several islands in alaska
type: LOCATION
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
value: after the alaska purchase
type: TEMPORAL
value: by the americans
type: OTHER
value: during early 1900s
type: TEMPORAL
value: by the russians
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Sea otters were hunted almost to extinction for their fur and only 1 – 2,000 animals remained in the early 20th century.
text: Historically, sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction, first by the Russians who forced the Aleut and Alutiiq people to hunt and later by the Americans after the Alaska purchase.
text: In the 1700s, sea otters along the coast of California were hunted nearly to extinction for their furs and killed by fishermen who thought they were eating too much of the fish they wanted to catch.
text: For its fur the sea otter was hunted almost to extinction during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
text: It was almost hunted to extinction for its fur in the 1800s but is now recovering in some areas.
text: Sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction during the fur trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.
text: According to Defenders of Wildlife, a wildlife charity organization, sea otters are endangered because they were nearly hunted to extinction in the 1700s and 1800s.
text: Sea otters were hunted to extinction along the coast of B.C. because of their thick fur during the 1700’s and 1800’s.
text: Sea otters were hunted to extinction around several islands in Alaska, an event that led to studies on the importance of sea otters in maintaining marine communities.