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Mongabay: More than 40 percent of the world's freshwater turtle species are threatened with extinction, according to a new assessment by Conservation International. Turtles are threatened primarily by hunting, habitat destruction, and the pet trade, making them among the most endangered groups of animals. "Their decline is an indicator that the freshwater ecosystems that millions of people rely on for irrigation, food and water are being damaged in a manner that could have dire ......
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Photos: the world’s most endangered turtles
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 10th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation