A recent update of the red book of the vertabrates reveals that almost half of the animal species in our country are endangered. There are others which are already extinct such as the sturgeon, brown bear and falcon. The mountain goat is one of the few species that reappears in its habitat...From 512 species of vertabrates that exist in Portugal, 42% are in danger, and these 42% species have special categories as 'critically endangered' , 'endangered and vulnerable', 'near threatened'.
In our country, the species which are more vulnerable to become extincts are, the freshwater fishes and migratory fishes.
in Portugal 69% of fishes, 38% of birds, 19% of anphibians and 26% of mammals are in danger.
Resources: http://ciberia.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=id.stories/4626
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Very interesting post. This shows that even being a small country, it can inflict big damage. People must understand that animals have the same rights to life as we have, so we shouldn't harm the other species.
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