Which Species Will Live, Which Will Die? [Slide Show]
Conservation groups can no longer afford to try to protect all animals and plants, forcing heartbreaking choices
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Which Species Will Live, Which Will Die? [Slide Show]
- HOT SPOT LOSER: DECIDUOUS FOREST Flickr/Dougtone
- HOT SPOT LOSER: MANGROVE FOREST Wikimedia Commons/Arunchristopher
- HOT SPOT WINNER: SOUTH AFRICAN FYNBOS Flickr/Chris Eason
- EVOLUTION-FIRST LOSER: FLORIDA PANTHER U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- EVOLUTION-FIRST LOSER: GUNNISON SAGE GROUSE U.S. Department of Interior
- EVOLUTION-FIRST WINNER: THREE-TOED SLOTH Wikimedia Commons/Christian Mehlführer
- EVOLUTION-FIRST WINNER: CALIFORNIA CONDOR Wikimedia Commons/Scott Frier
- FUNCTION-FIRST LOSER: FLORIDA BONNETED BAT Wikimedia Commons/Kathleen Smith
- FUNCTION-FIRST WINNER: SEA OTTER Wikimedia Commons/Mike Baird
- FUNCTION-FIRST WINNER: GRAY WOLF Wikimedia Commons/Joe Mabel
