It's a nice-looking vest,
but it does make a rather strong point about humans' role in animal
extinctions. The Formosan Clouded Leopard was one of the animals
declared extinct in 2013.
10 Animals That Went Extinct in 2013
We
get excited about new species discovered every year, but at the same
time, there are those that we've given up hope of ever seeing again
-alive. Researchers have searched for the Formosan Clouded Leopard in
Taiwan for years, but what they found was this photograph of one that
had been made into a vest. A living leopard has not been seen in thirty
years.
We did just about everything we could to
eliminate this animal; we destroyed their habitat, killed them for their
skins, and got rid of the other animals they normally ate. They didn't
have a chance.
And there are nine other species now on the extinct list that
you can read about at Living Alongside Wildlife.
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