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Conservationists from the World Wildlife Fund and London Zoo are warning of a massive loss of global animal biodiversity. Their joint report says monitoring groups have recorded a 69 per cent decrease in animal populations overall in the past fifty years.


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By Marcus Megalokonomos

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Conservationists from the World Wildlife Fund and London Zoo are warning of a massive loss of global animal biodiversity. Their joint report says monitoring groups have recorded a 69 per cent decrease in animal populations overall in the past fifty years.



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