Killer Apes Threatened

Every time we buy a high-tech electronic gadget, says Ian Redmond, we may be pushing the great apes closer to extinction...."Within our lifetime they will be gone, at the current rate of decline," he said yesterday. Mr Redmond, the chief consultant with the United Nation's Great Apes Survival Project, said that if the animals vanish, the developed world, including Australia, will share some blame. Speaking from Perth, he urged Australians to use their power as voters and consumers to stop forest from being destroyed by the timber and mining industries.

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