11 New Species Join Endanged List

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From Yahoo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The world’s second largest shark, a bird found in the Garden of Eden and Central Asia’s only true deer were among 11 new species given the title of “endangered” by countries around the world on Friday.

Around 95 countries, members of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), agreed that several birds and mammals faced increasing threats to their survival and needed more protection.

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