Clarion call to save amphibians

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5151892.stm

Clarion call to save amphibians

A third of amphibians are now judged to be at risk of extinction

Hundreds of amphibian species will become extinct unless a global action plan is put into practice very soon, conservationists warn.
Campaigners are forming an Amphibian Survival Alliance, to raise $400m and carry through a rescue strategy.

More than a third of all amphibian species are said to be in peril...

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There are almost 6,000 known amphibians, a category which includes frogs, toads, salamanders and caecilians (legless amphibians).

Of these, nearly 2,000 are now judged to be at risk of extinction. Between nine and 122 species have slipped over the edge to oblivion since 1980, when the assessment said the most dramatic declines began....

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[MADem]

1. You know the right wing will put all the blame on the French.....