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Mongabay: The Chinese Giant Salamander can grow to as much as a meter in length, but it is a mysterious and enigmatic creature threatened by over-exploitation, disease, and habitat loss.
Millions are being raised on farms, but the vast majority of breeding stock for those farms are either wild-caught, or first generation offspring of wild-caught animals. The wild salamander’s extinction would also likely spell doom for the farming industry.
Conservation programs are underway to save wild Chinese Giant......
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Chinese Giant Salamander: millions farmed, nearly extinct in wild
Posted by Mongabay: None Given on November 14th, 2015
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