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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 07:54 PM
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Bird conservation: Alaotra grebe confirmed extinct
The Alaotra grebe is extinct, according to the latest assessment of the world's rarest birds.

The last known sighting of the bird was in 1985 and experts have now confirmed its demise, killed off by a combination of poaching and predatory fish.

The Malagasy species, which lived in Lake Alaotra, is the first confirmed bird extinction since 2008.

However, fortunes have improved for rare birds such as the Azores bullfinch and Colombian yellow-eared parrot.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8702000/8702598.stm
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Laura902 Donating Member (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 08:14 PM
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1. We should take this seriously

scientists are saying we are now in the 6th great mass extinction-and it's caused by us
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 12:04 AM
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2. kick
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 12:07 AM
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3. It looked beautiful.
Terrible shame.
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 12:15 AM
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4. .
:cry:
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 12:58 AM
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5. Predatory fish?
:scared:
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