Conservationists sound alarm over unprecedented slaughter of scarce and endangered species by hunters at three lagoonsA million wild birds a year are now being killed illegally at a single wildlife site in Iran. That is the stark warning from conservationists who say highly endangered migratory species face being wiped out in the near future there unless urgent action is taken.
In a letter last week to the journal Science, the conservationists pinpoint the Fereydunkenar wetlands in Iran as the site of this widespread wildlife slaughter.Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk