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SAVE MALAYAN TAPIR, TAPIRUS INDICUS.

  • by: Roberto Meritoni
  • recipient: TO GOVERNORS OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIA

THE MALAYAN TAPIR IS THE LARGEST OF THE FIVE SPECIES OF TAPIR AND THE ONLY NATIVE TO ASIA. ITS IN IUCNREDLIST OF THREATENED SPECIES AS ENDANGERED. THE MAIN THREAT TO THE MALAYAN TAPIR IS HUMAN ACTIVITY, INCLUDING DEFORESTATION FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, FLOODING CAUSED BY THE DAMMING OF RIVERS FOR HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS AND ILLEGAL TRADE.

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