Study: Over 700 Threatened Species Not Protected

[Ithaca 37]

How about if some of you anti-wildlife habitat geniuses explain why this doesn't matter?

"JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - More than 700 endangered animal species inhabit ranges that have no formal protection, underscoring the need to set aside more land globally for conservation, a new study showed Thursday. The study, unveiled at the 5th World Parks Congress in the South African port city of Durban, also says that many protected areas are too small to conserve threatened species.
"At least 223 bird, 140 mammal and 346 amphibian species threatened with extinction have no protection whatsoever over any part of their ranges," said the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS), which did the study."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&ncid=585&e=5&u=/nm/20030911/sc_nm/environment_parks_species_dc_1

 

[ELKCHSR]

I don't think there are any "anti-wildlife" people on this board, I will ask though, who's pockets should be picked to mandate another country protect what it has?
Ours, the hunters of this country? Why not get the people from other countries to set aside their own systems to protect what they have...Thats what we as a nation have done!