BBC News, London, UK, Sep. 25th, 2008: Bleak outlook for Europe's toads
More than half of Europe's amphibians could be extinct by 2050, a team of UK researchers has warned.
Climate change, habitat destruction and disease were the main factors threatening the species' long-term survival, they added.
Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said creatures in Italy and Iberia were at most risk.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7635714.stm
crazy that blows
Sadly, this is going on all around the world, even in pristine enviroments. I find a lot of people outside scientific/herpetological circles just don't give a s**t. Thats the response I got from my brother last weekend. So how do you reach these people and get them to care?
i don't know but we need to
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