Hunting: An Extinction Threat To Middle East's Most Threatened Bird
Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 17:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Conservationists trying to prevent the extinction of Northern Bald Ibis are distraught that one of the last remaining wild birds in the Middle East has been shot by a hunter in Saudi Arabia, bringing the known wild Middle Eastern population of this critically endangered species to just four individuals.