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African wild ass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Bill Clark
Affiliation:
3 Rehov Diskin, Jerusalem 92473, Israel.
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The African wild ass is endangered. Its habitat is a drought-stricken war zone; its flesh is eaten and is believed to cure hepatitis; it is eagerly sought by dealers and collectors. The author, Chief Curator at Israel's Hai-Bar reserve, examines the problems hindering the conservation of this animal and explains why it is urgently necessary to list it on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora at its meeting in April 1983.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1983

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