(par 7.2.2.1) Wealthy diners driving pangolin to extinction
Wealthy diners driving pangolin to extinction http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Wealthy-diners-driving-pangolin-to-extinction-20140729 Cape Town – Some wild mammal species are being driven to extinction for their fur, hides, horns or tusks, but the pangolin, or scaly anteater, is being eaten out of existence by wealthy humans, the IUCN warned on Tuesday. “Consumers are willing to pay increasingly high prices for […]
(par 7.2.2.1) The animal market where anything goes
The animal market where anything goes http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/the-animal-market-where-anything-goes-1.1715374 By Tom HANCOCK Conghua – Porcupines in cages, endangered tortoises in buckets and snakes in cloth bags – rare wildlife is on open sale at a Chinese market, despite courts being ordered to jail those who eat endangered species. The diners of southern China have long had a […]
(par 7.2.2.1) Survivor plant becoming extinct
Survivor plant becoming extinct By John Yeld Cape Town – South Africans are pillaging cycads at such a rate that some species have been driven to extinction and others reduced to just a handful of plants left in the wild. Cycads, which started becoming popular as ornamental plants in suburban gardens in the 1970s and […]