Population of Italy’s rare bear ‘below the threshold of survival’

Barrett808

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Population of Italy’s rare bear ‘below the threshold of survival’

In the forests of Italy's Abruzzo National Park live one of the rarest creatures on Earth: the Marsican brown bear. For the last several decades the species has been on the brink of extinction -- with current estimates putting their population at less than 50 individuals, down from over 100 in the early 1980s. Recently, a program funded by the EU set out to help preserve the threatened animals, though a sad event today suggests that it may not be enough. ...

Population of Italy’s rare bear ‘below the threshold of survival’

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mountainlion55

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Wed May-04-11 01:45 PM
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1. Kurt Vonneget

Once said that humans are a failed species and I agree with him more with age.:smoke:

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