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Article #1121Re: Is man the only animal that hates Nature?
From: Don Quijote
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 03:21
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 03:21
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Compared to the human jungle, the animal jungle pale by comparison... ;) WWF: Orangutans Face Extinction in 20 Years LONDON (Reuters) - Orangutans face extinction in as little as 20 years because of logging and poaching, the conservation group WWF-UK said Monday. "Borneo and Sumatra, home to the world's last orangutans, have lost a staggering 91 percent of their populations over the past 100 years," WWF-UK said in a statement. "There are now fewer than 30,000 orangutans left and it is likely that they will become extinct in the wild in as little as 20 years' time if this decline continues," it added. Almost 80 percent of the orangutans' forest habitat in Malaysia and Indonesia has been destroyed by commercial logging and clearance for oil-palm plantations. Hunting and poaching for bush meat and the pet trade are adding to the decline in numbers of the great ape. The WWF is working to extend sanctuaries where logging and hunting are banned, but 60 percent of orangutans currently live outside the protection of the reserves. "It will be a long-term effort that will cost millions but we must act now to save orangutans, which are not only a critical part of the food chain but an icon in the region," Francis Sullivan, WWF-UK's Director of Conservation told Reuters. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040112/sc_nm/environment_orangutans_dc_1
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