Susan Richardson · @susanrichardsonwriter
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Today is #RemembranceDayForLostSpecies.
This year, with #WhereTheSealsSing having been published, I'm thinking of the Caribbean monk seal, last sighted in 1952 & declared #extinct in 2008, due to unrestrained hunting & overfishing of its food.
Another #pinniped, the Mediterranean monk seal, remains on the critically endangered list. In spite of #conservation efforts, fewer than 700 individuals of this once-abundant species survive.
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