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The Great Ape Project is currently campaigning to have the United Nations endorse a World Declaration on Great Apes, which would extend to non-human great apes the protection of three basic interests: the right to life, the protection of individual liberty, and the prohibition of torture. [ citation needed] Six countries currently ban the use of great apes for scientific research, and Austria is the only country in the world to ban experiments on lesser apes. [ citation needed] Lying off the coast of East Africa is the island country of Madagascar. Separated from the mainland, it is home to many animals that are found nowhere else on Earth, including all 100 or so species of lemur.
Animals that live in Europe include the Eurasian brown bear, Eurasian lynx, Eurasian wolf, wild boar, European adder, slow worm, common frog, fire salamander, capercaillie, Eurasian eagle owl and golden eagle.
Dog meat Sausage Scandal Grips Morocco as Owners Fight Law Banning Aggressive Breeds". 5 May 2013 . Retrieved 31 January 2020. There are many animal maps of the world out there (this is hardly an original idea), but many of them show hopelessly simplified representations of animals, or are exceptionally detailed. The painting is designed to come somewhere in between. Mini Map Makers, who commissioned it, will use it in school workbooks to teach 4- to 11-year-olds. Europe is home to a wide range of habitats, including taiga / boreal forest, tundra, temperate forest, steppe, the Alps, Pyrenees, and other mountain ranges; the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea, and numerous large rivers and lakes.
Asia is home to the largest number of humans of any continent; around 60% of all humans live in Asia. This has put pressure on many Asian animals, with many species becoming endangered due to habitat loss. Europe is the world’s second-smallest continent, being smaller than Antarctica and larger than Australia.Animals found on Antarctica include penguins such as the emperor and chinstrap penguin; seals such as the crabeater and southern elephant seal; and seabirds such as the wandering albatross and kelp gull. The world is home to a vast number of animals; there are over 1.5 million recognized living animal species, and likely millions more still to be discovered and named. Animals first appeared in the sea over 600 million years ago, and subsequently evolved to live in the majority of Earth’s aquatic and terrestrial (land) habitats. Today, animals are found all around the world, from the rainforests of South America to the frozen shores of Antarctica, with every continent being home to a unique collection of species. Animal Cruelty Index - Algeria". Voiceless Animal Cruelty Index. 2014 . Retrieved 14 February 2020.
One of the best-known animal habitats in Africa is the savanna (or savannah in British English), a woodland whose widely-spaced trees allow a carpet of grass to cover the ground.
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South Africa | World Animal Protection". api.worldanimalprotection.org . Retrieved 30 October 2019. Atlantic Ocean – Atlantic puffin, cod, green turtle, bluemarlin, Commerson’s dolphin, chambered nautilus, waved albatross Animals Matter campaign goes from strength to strength". 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012 . Retrieved 2 November 2019.