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By Joe Dimbleby
Friday, 15 October 2010
New research by Oxford University reveals that our wildlife extinction rate is 10 times more than previously thought
Recent research by Oxford University scientists has found that one species is dying out in the English countryside every fortnight. Ecologist Clive Hambler used natural history records to gauge extinction rates among well-studied groups such as birds, fungi and flies since 1800. This showed that, regardless of the plant, animal or insect group being studied, between one and five per cent of species have been wiped out in the past 200 years.
Pollution, intensive agriculture, housing development and climate change are wiping out about 25 species every year, which is 10 times more than previously thought. The list of organisms ranges from mammals such as the northern right whale, to species of beetle and butterfly. Birds no longer found in England include the great auk, last seen in the 1820s, the wryneck and the red-backed shrike.
The rest of this article appears in 13th October issue of Shooting Times.
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