Mass Extinction In Progress
Posted by DA Morgan on Feb 13, 2002 at 02:18
(216.162.196.28)An antelope that just a decade ago crammed the steppes of central Asia is this spring on the verge of extinction, victim of an epidemic of poaching. Biologists say it is the most sudden and dramatic population crash of a large mammal ever seen.
In 1993, over a million saiga antelopes roamed the steppes of Russia and Kazakhstan. Today, fewer than 30,000 remain.
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Ok all you whiners about this not being an on-topic web site here's a new forum without a single off-topic post. Lets see how long it takes for the pollution to ooze in.
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