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A zookeeper holds a baby Chinese pangolin to be weighed at the Prague Zoo, Czech Republic
Image: Petr David Josek/AP/picture alliance

Endangered species

The Earth is currently facing an extinction crisis because of the destruction of habitat, unlimited hunting and huge industrial agriculture. And here humans are to blame for driving numerous species to extinction.