Caviar hunters push ancientsturgeon to extinction's edge
By GUY FAULCONBRIDGE | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-22 07:54
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Employees of Atyrau breeding hatchery put three tagged beluga sturgeon on a truck to take them to the Caspian Sea. The species, hardy enough to have survived from prehistoric times, is now on the brink of extinction due to the demand from the wealthy for Beluga caviar. Anatoly Ustinenko / Associated Press |
Illegal exports have created one of most imperilled species on earth
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