The Damage

The damage done from these games was much more than ever anticipated. some species of animals used like "The Hippopotamus were captured from the River Nile in Egypt but following the Roman era they disappeared from this habitat. Many of the great wild animals from Africa and Asia such as elephants, lions and tigers were hunted to the point of extinction. Entire species of animals disappeared from their native habitats. And the Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), the European Wild Horse (Equus ferus), the Aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius) and the Eurasian lynx became extinct." <From http://www.roman-colosseum.info/colosseum/wild-animals-at-the-colosseum.htm> Parenthetical is From (colosseum.com, page wild animals at the colosseum