Click here to view an image gallery showing some of the remarkable endangered species on the 2007 Red List.
It is one of the most depressing lists ever created. Species by species, the World Conservation Union’s Red List, published this week, details the huge swathe of life being driven towards oblivion (see Endangered species list is more bad news).
According to the list, 16,306 species are now defined as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. According to the best available data, 51 per cent of invertebrate species, 39 per cent of fish, 31 per cent of reptiles and amphibians, 20…
