This article on CNN makes me sad... we all know polar bears are at risk, but did you know Hippos too?
HerE are new additions to the IUCN( International Union for the Conservation of Nature) Red List include:
-- Indian tarantulas, sought by collectors and threatened by the international pet trade.
-- The Rameshwaram parachute spider has been listed as critically endangered due to habitat loss.
-- The squaretail coral grouper from the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific has been listed as vulnerable because it has become a luxury food.
-- In Costa Rica, Holdridge's toad moved from critically endangered to extinct, as it has not been seen since 1986 despite intensive surveys.
-- La Palma giant lizard, found on the Canary Island of La Palma and thought to have become extinct in the last 500 years, was rediscovered last year and is now listed as critically endangered.
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I read this too and it makes me really sad and frustrated. Did you read the other article on grey wolves??? The Bush administration wanted to take them off the endangered species list (again.) Why is protecting the sanctity of animal (and the planet) life so unimportant? And why are we humans so intent on blowing each other away??? It drives me crazy.
Where is John Lennon when you need him??
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