CANADA POST (Ottawa, Ontario) 25 September 06 Species at risk found on new stamps {Excerpt}
Ottawa: To mark Stamp Month 2006, Canada Post will issue the first in a series of three sets of stamps depicting endangered species native to Canada. The initial set of four domestic rate (51˘) stamps bear images of the Blotched Tiger Salamander, the Blue Racer snake, the Swift Fox and the Newfoundland Marten - all land creatures. Canadian stamps featuring at-risk water creatures and air creatures will be issued in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) lists more than 500 Canadian species as being at risk. Habitat loss and degradation of habitat, along with genetic and reproductive isolation, suppression of natural events, environmental contamination, over harvesting and excessive trade, climate change, disease and the presence of invasive species, are factors that can put an animal or plant at risk.
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Species at risk found on new stamps
Species at risk found on new stamps