[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: Hunting threat to big amphibians

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The group has collated evidence showing that a large number of species are being collected at unsustainable levels, for food, medicine, and the pet trade; it is one factor, though not the biggest, behind the global decline in amphibians which sees almost a third of species at some risk of extinction. 

** Hunting threat to big amphibians **
Illegal hunting is bringing the Chinese giant salamander, the world's largest amphibian, to the brink of extinction.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/4259596.stm >


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