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Following the invention of the explosive harpoon in 1864, the whaling industry became so ruthless and efficient that species after species were decimated, hunted almost to extinction.

Now the world's remaining whales face a new threat - drift nets.Developed by fishermen out of a desire to secure ever-increasing profitmargins, drift nets have proved to be one of the most destructivefis

Few animals have sparked the imagination as much as the gorilla. But unfortunately, gorillas could be extinct in the wild in as little as 20 years.

Forest clearance for agriculture, commercial logging and killinggorillas for bushmeat are bringing many populations to the brink ofextinction.

If you adopt a gorilla we can help to protect these wonderful animals.

Elephants are the largest land mammals in the world, living in social structures organised around females and their calves.

Due to the international demand for ivory in the 1970s and 1980s,the illegal trade spiralled out of control causing a catastrophicdecline in African elephant numbers.