During this press release, the World Wildlife Fund also reported the current situation regarding the endangered species of Europe. These findings revealed the mass decrease of habitat areas and small, dense populations of brown bears, lynxs and wolves.

The disappearence of these animals is utterly the cause of human arrogance fueled by centuries' old myths of the fercious and deadly predators of the wild. If the situation in Europe is not improved within ten to twenty years, it will be for certain that the children of the next century will never get the chance to even see these majestic beasts.

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Greenpeace scores another victory!

New Caledonia, Australia

In December of last year, Greenpeace spent more than 28 hours in Australia, protesting peacefully against several whaling ships that were set to depart on their mission.

The results of these combined protests was the prevented departure of the Japanese whale catcher Kyo Maru No. 1 and the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru from the port of Noumea in New Caledonia.

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What is Life at Risk?

Life at Risk is a small environmental organization dedicated to distributing any and all information regarding several of the well known, and least known, endangered species on Earth.

For more information on Life at Risk and how you can help save these magnificent beasts of the wild, please visit our help section.

Many people around the world hope that this dreaded word is a thing of myth, more than of fact, but that is not the case for the endangered Arabian Oryx located in the Middle Eastern country of Oman.

As reported by the World Wildlife Found, there was approximately 400 of these beautiful creatures remaining in Oman in 1996. As the population steadily dropped the government of Oman formed a government-funded re-introduction project that was generated to remove these gazelle-like animals from the endangered list.

Three years have past and the population of these Arabian animals has diminished to a dangerously low population of 100, of which there are only 11 females.

What caused this decrease in population? According to the World Wildlife Found it has been caused by poachers that capture these animals and sell them to private zoos. Yet why is the female population so low? It seems that the females of this species have specialized calves, compared to the males of their species, which makes them much more valuable to poachers and private zoos.

If such disregard for the lives of these animals continues it won't be long until they are a thing of the past.

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