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The New York Times reports

According to a study published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, 88 percent of 42 African raptor species have suffered declines over the past 20 to 40 years, and 69 percent are either more endangered than previously thought or now meet criteria for being threatened with extinction.

Read article at Africa’s Birds of Prey Are in Decline, a New Study Finds