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Compassion Towards Animals
In the present times, those, who have compassion for animals, talk of protection to be given to animals, while, those, who observe cruelty being meted out to animals, believe that the human race itself would in future be put in jeopardy due to such treatment given to animals. Nature and animals may probably be able to exist without man, but man cannot live in isolation from nature and animals. That is why projects like "Save the tiger" and "Save the elephant" have been undertaken to protect the animals and to preserve their rights. Quite a few species of animals are on the path towards complete extinction and a few species are in the category of being endangered. Half of the tropical forests which have been the habitat or abode of wild animals have been destroyed in the beginning of this century. How many species live on this earth is only a matter of conjecture, but estimates of their number approximate between 5 million and 30 million. Out of these only about 1-2
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