Japan consumption habits harming 700 rare, endangered species www.upi.com

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 2 months ago

Japan's Mainichi Shimbun reported on Tuesday that 792 threatened life forms around the world are being harmed because of demand in the world's third-largest economy.

Japanese imports have resulted in the destruction of wildlife habitats for a wide range of species, including the Iberian lynx, elephants, leopards, the Malayan sun bear, shrimp species, sea turtles and sharks, according to the report.