Australia aims to end extinction of native wildlife by 2020
Sydney (AFP) Oct 16, 2014 - Australia's Environment Minister Greg Hunt has pledged to end the extinction of native mammal species by 2020, with a focus on culprits such as feral cats. Hunt said Australia had the worst rate of mammal loss in the world and the nation's "greatest failure" in environmental policy was protecting threatened species. "Our flora and fauna are part of what makes us Australian," he said in a ... more
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