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June 10, 2015

Once-abundant bird being eaten to worldwide extinction by China
Beijing (AFP) June 9, 2015
A bird that was once one of the most abundant in Europe and Asia is being hunted to near extinction because of Chinese eating habits, according to a study published Tuesday. The population of the yellow-breasted bunting has plunged by 90 percent since 1980, all but disappearing from eastern Europe, Japan and large parts of Russia, said the study, published in the Conservation Biology journal. Following initial population declines, China in 1997 banned the hunting of the species, known in the cou ... read more

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