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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGone Forever? 8 Animals We Said Goodbye to in 2016
BY THE RAINFOREST SITE (Turning off your adblocker just for this site helps raise funds for THE RAINFOREST SITE)
Every year more and more species teeter on the edge of extinction, and every year several tip over into the void. The year of 2016 wasnt an exception. Here are a few of the species that disappeared forever at the end of the year.
8. BRAMBLE CAY MELOMYS
Government of Queensland
The Bramble Cay melomys is a small mouse-like mammal that lives exclusively on Bramble Cay, a small island in the Great Barrier Reef. Its characterized by a long tail featuring bulbous protrusions, the purpose of which is unknown. Climate change and rising sea levels caused habitat loss and the eventual extinction of this animal.
FULL list: http://blog.therainforestsite.com/cs-extinct-animals/?
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Gone Forever? 8 Animals We Said Goodbye to in 2016 (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 2017
OP
Project Coyote specializes in trying to protect Coyotes, you might be interested
Beringia
Aug 2017
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pansypoo53219
(20,995 posts)1. damn. a leopard.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)2. Heartless, disgusting, unnecessary
Along with this:
400,000 Coyotes Are Killed in the U.S. Each Year
The Reason Why Will Make You Livid
http://blog.therainforestsite.com/killing-coyotes/
Beringia
(4,316 posts)3. Project Coyote specializes in trying to protect Coyotes, you might be interested
http://www.projectcoyote.org/
Also I have a webpage on them, click on links twice to get through the pop-ups. (These pop-ups just started and I can't get rid of them)
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon2/leavesandtrees/hunted/coyote/coyote1.html
Duppers
(28,127 posts)4. Wow! Thank you so much.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)5. You're welcome!
Raine
(30,540 posts)7. Environmental issues have never been given the priority
that they should have been given for decades, it's way way too late.