Primate In Peril

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Adjoua Diby
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Primate in Peril
Some animals’ species are disappearing because of human interference. According to ‘’Diversity Component of Impending Primate Extinctions,’’an article edited by Elwyn L Simons from Duke University Primate Center , the ecosystem may be negatively affected due to the extinction of species. It is well known that each species is essential to our environment. It is not only useful for a cultural aspect but also for an economic plan. Diversity of species is the foundation of a country’s economy especially the country’s tourism. However, we see that species, in particular some rare primates, are disappearing. According to the International …show more content…

‘’Mother Earth is getting bad.’’ Adopting the same view several organism fight for animal rights and to protect the earth.For this reason, many person decide to be Vegetarian and contribute to this battle. But what about the real fight about those species especially primate very rare tracked by hunters and disappearing day after day?. Here is the question solve by Dr. Russell Mittermeier, Chair of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group and President of Conservation International and editors of ‘’Primate in Peril’’ underlined three principal reasons according to his article ‘’ Primates in peril: new survey identifies the most threatened species’’ published in 2010.According to him, the loss of Habitat is one of the reason. Dr.Russell says that almost the entire world's primate species live in subtropical rain forests that humans are cutting, burning, and bulldozing. ‘’In Africa for

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