It's the things that weren't rare in the first place:Labrador Duck, Great Auk, Carolina Parakeet, Elephant Bird and so on - species where they were numerous and under no threat.
Species go extinct all the time naturally and chances are a lot of the ones that were rare before we started sticking our oar in were going to extirpate anyway, but things like the above are pretty shameful.
However, overall, things may be startig to look up a little. Places like Brazil are now realising just how important places like the rainforests are and if other nations catch on, maybe the pressure will be off a few species.
(Species go extinct all the time naturally and chances are a lot of the ones that were rare before we started sticking our oar in were going to extirpate anyway, but things like the above are pretty shameful.
However, overall, things may be startig to look up a little. Places like Brazil are now realising just how important places like the rainforests are and if other nations catch on, maybe the pressure will be off a few species.
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 26 Dec 2010, 4:08,
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