21. WWF - What if tigers did become extinct?
populations of deer, wild pig, antelope and gaur in check. Without the tiger to control them these prey species would expand.
This excessive population would then totally ravage its food source - vegetation. If the vegetation in the jungles
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/tigers/last_of_the_tigers/what_if_tigers_did_become_extinct_/ - 48.2kb
22. WWF - Agriculture and Environment: Commodities
areas that they were fed to pigs, and laws were written to limit the number of days a week the labourers could be fed salmon so that they would have more variety in their diets.
A precious asset
The Domesday Book (1085-86), written at the
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/agriculture/salmon/ - 43.1kb
23. WWF - Hippopotamus
is more closely related to a pig than a horse. It is the 3rd largest living land mammal, after the elephant and white rhino.
About
It has an inflated-looking body supported on short, relatively thin legs. The male weighs around 1,600-3,200
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/hippopotamus.cfm - 41.9kb
24. WWF - Polar Bears - family & reproduction
(about the size of a guinea pig)
Average litter is 2 cubs
They leave the den when the cubs are 10-15kgs (22-33lbs)
Polar bears can live to around 25 years
Old bears are thought to die from starvation as they get too old
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/area/species/polarbear/reproduction/ - 45.4kb
25. WWF - Minshan and Qinling Mountains, China
bee and mushroom farming, pig and goat raising, cultivating vegetables and a sought after local variety of edible fern, fruit trees and herbs. Although part of the benefit is in improving community nutrition, considerable effort has gone into
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/conservation/species_programme/species_people/our_solutions/minshan_qinling_china/ - 46.0kb
26. WWF - Threat of Pollution in the Yangtze
heaps, boat effluent, pig and animal waste, factories, hospitals, and mines containing hazardous and possibly radioactive waste on the bottom of the reservoir are creating serious pollution.
In addition, possible riverbank collapses and
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/freshwater_problems/river_decline/10_rivers_risk/yangtze/yangtze_threats/ - 44.4kb
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