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Madrid, Andalucía and Murcia not looking after species in danger of extinction
By h.b. - Jun 12, 2008 - 7:24 PM
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The claim comes from Ecologistas en Acción which says that the three regions are not meeting their legal requirements under State law.
Ecologist group, Ecologistas en Acción, has complained that the Madrid region has no plans to protect the 15 most endangered species which live in the region. The ecologists say that it is the regions of Madrid, Andalucía and Murcia which do the least for their fauna, and say that the Eel, Bonelli’s Eagle and the Egyptian Vulture are all now extinct in the areas.

They say that the Iberian Lynx, the Eurasian Black Vulture, the Iberian Midwife Toad and the European Pond Terrapin are now also all under threat.

There is no protection despite the fact that there is a state law from 1989, which was brought up to date last year, which obliges each of the autonomous regions in Spain to approve such a recovery plan for endangered species.

(Environment story)

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