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Sharks are under serious threat all around the globe. Recent scientific studies show that the number of sharks being killed every year ranges between 63 and 273 million. — Courtesy photo

KSA takes steps to protect sharks, birds from extinction

“Marimba”, a female pangolin weighing 10kgs,that has been nine years in care at Wild Is Life animal sanctuary in Zimbabwe, roams in the bush just outside the country’s capital Harare. They are ordinarily reclusive and often don’t make the headlines, but pangolins are the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal and conservationists want their protection scaled up. Demand for pangolin meat and body parts is fuelling a bloodbath and driving the secretive scaly ant-eating mammals to near extinction. — AFP

Humans eating wild mammals into extinction: Study