Re: teeny weenies

[Sue Doersch <doersch@win.bright.net>]

from:

OPPT NEWSBREAK                Friday, 4 October 1996
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> "One-fourth of Mammal Species Face Extinction.  Previous Estimates
> Too Low, Study Hints."  Washington Post, 4 October 96, A3.
>     A report issued by the IUCN-World Conservation Union says that
>     1,096 of 4,600 known species of mammals are threatened with
>     extinction, along with 11 percent of bird species, 20 percent
>     of reptiles, 25 percent of amphibians, and 34 percent of fish.
>     The main factors threatening species survival is fragmentation
>     and degradation of habitats by humans, and pollution.
>     Sidebar:  "Endangered Species" lists the criteria by which a
>     species is judged "endangered."

The last thing species in danger of extinction need is chemical
pollutants that might impair their reproduction.