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| − | + | '''WWF''' (originally named the '''World Wildlife Fund''' is an [[environmentalist]] organization with offices around the world. Founded in 1961, their goal is to protect endangered species. Noting that 12,000 African elephants are illegally killed each year to supply domestic ivory markets, and other animals are killed to provide traditional health remedies, they are active in closing illegal animal markets. The WWF created [[Earth Hour]]. | |
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| + | Radicals have denounced the WWF for supporting the seal hunt in the Canadian arctic. | ||
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| + | ==external links== | ||
| + | * [http://www.worldwildlife.org/ WWF website] | ||
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Revision as of 00:56, March 31, 2009
WWF (originally named the World Wildlife Fund is an environmentalist organization with offices around the world. Founded in 1961, their goal is to protect endangered species. Noting that 12,000 African elephants are illegally killed each year to supply domestic ivory markets, and other animals are killed to provide traditional health remedies, they are active in closing illegal animal markets. The WWF created Earth Hour.
Radicals have denounced the WWF for supporting the seal hunt in the Canadian arctic.