Australian mammals facing growing extinction threat
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The latest global survey of endangered species has found more than a fifth of all Australian mammals are under threat. That is a higher proportion than any other developed country, according to the International Conservation Union's annual Red List, which is out today. Australia also tops the list with the highest number of mammal extinctions.
Presenter: Corinne Podger
Speaker: Chris West, chief executive of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia, and former director of London Zoo
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