Red Lists of Endangered Species Not up to Date

De Telegraaf

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Only about two hundred still live in the wild in the Philippines, and since last week, four have been roaming around in Amsterdam. Artis welcomes the critically endangered Visayan warty pigs: small, curious rooters who, with their arrival, play an important role in the conservation of their species.

Kronen Zeitung

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Austria protects endangered animal species – but partly on the basis of Red Lists, which are up to 32 years old. Every second one has been overdue and partly not updated for more than 20 years, the Austrian Animal Welfare Association complains. Only three out of 27 lists are up-to-date. The oldest list – those of the beetles – was even from 1994, the criticism was. "An independent national centre for biodiversity and a clear political mandate fo…