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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

Critter News

Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog. Lethal control efforts of WS professionals typically remove less than 5 percent of a species' overall population. Tags: fish and wildlife USDA.

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