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BEIJING - The Chinese crested tern, a rare sea bird whose eggs are prized by some as a delicacy, is likely to be extinct in five years if authorities do not step up protection efforts, a conservation group said Friday.
The bird looks set to be the latest ecological victim of China's rapid 30-year economic expansion and industrialization, which has raised the standard of living for hundreds of millions of Chinese but ravaged the environment. Late last year, scientists declared that a rare Chinese river dolphin was effectively extinct after conducting a fruitless six-week search for the creature in its Yangtze River habitat.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_on_sc/china_endangered_bird;_ylt=AvkgHSSPB_gDjtXi3V0.iy6s0NUE
The bird looks set to be the latest ecological victim of China's rapid 30-year economic expansion and industrialization, which has raised the standard of living for hundreds of millions of Chinese but ravaged the environment. Late last year, scientists declared that a rare Chinese river dolphin was effectively extinct after conducting a fruitless six-week search for the creature in its Yangtze River habitat.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_on_sc/china_endangered_bird;_ylt=AvkgHSSPB_gDjtXi3V0.iy6s0NUE
