This is just too important to not get involved with. The IUCN, which stands for the International Union for Conservation of Nature, just convened it's congress in Barcelona today. From an exhaustive study about the world's mammals, which is still incomplete because of a lack of data on some mammals, they reveal some frightening statistics.
They say that at least 1,141 of the 5,487 mammals on Earth are known to be threatened with extinction.
The reason? Man. Shrinking mammalian habitat and hunting.
" The results show 188 mammals are in the highest threat category of Critically Endangered, including the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), which has a population of just 84-143 adults and has continued to decline due to a shortage of its primary prey, the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)... Habitat loss and degradation affect 40 percent of the world’s mammals. "
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