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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:15:53 -0400
From: Annabelle Thiebaux <hamst@xplornet.com>
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> The houbara bustard, a gentle desert bird
> native to Central Asia, has been poached to
> near-extinction despite being protected under Pakistani
> law. These birds need your help!
>
> The Sindh Wildlife Department has full
> authority to control sport hunting. However,
> influential local personalities  support this
> tradition, and the law is not enforced.

> These birds are crucial to maintaining the
> biodiversity of the Middle East and Central Asia, but
> are expected to go extinct in as little as 15 years if
> sport hunting is kept up.
>

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