With the mass killing of African elephants sharply escalating recently as global prices for ivory have risen, few articles have conveyed the scope and brutality of
Jeffrey Gettleman
that trade as vividly as the one written earlier this month by Jeffr…
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Tigers, extinct? It’s not only possible, it’s likely, especially in the many nations that have yet to take action on behalf of this majestic animal.
A tiger with trap marks (Photo: Chris R. Shepherd, IUCN)
Tags: · Asian species at risk, Bronx Zoo, conservation, extinction, IUCN, orangutans, palm oil, poaching, rhinos, tigers, WCS
From VOA
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature is officially declaring the western black rhino of Africa extinct. In its latest assessment of the situation, the IUCN says two other sub-species of rhinoceros also are close to extinction.
Tags: · International Union for the Conservation of Nature, poaching, western black rhino
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