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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

10,000 Birds

Which species are endangered? Which animals could be on a slippery slope to becoming endangered? Knowing this information is vital for coming up with timely solutions, perhaps most of all for animals and plants truly on the brink of being lost forever. These are the critically endangered birds of Costa Rica.

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Calgary Zoo Feeling Economic Pressure

Critter News

That will happen, says the vet who's spent the past 15 summers in the arctic, when polar bears reach a point where only captive breeding can save them from extinction -- a day that's on the horizon. Lanthier doesn't hide his contempt for animal rights groups who lash out, without considering the role zoos play in conservation.