Ahm... I don't exactly know where to put this... I've never submitted a news article before.

Anyways, to the story already.


Do you know what is happening to the lynx species? No, right? Well do you even know what a lynx is?

Of course you don't. You've probably never heard of it before.

You never see lynxes in children's stories, newspapers, books, or anywhere at all. And they know nothing about you. Half the people in this world have no idea that this beautiful and graceful creature even exists. That's pitiful, isn't it?

And what's more is that they have little idea that every day, the entire lynx race is edging closer to the brink of extinction. I have read that there are only 500 lynx left in Europe, and considering that was written only a few years after I was born, I'd say there are even less of them now.

Oh, yeah, sure, nature fanatics all over the world are doing just tons of stuff to save the lynx and all that. Well you know what? That means that you must not be able to find the time to pitch in a little bit. They're alone out there, people. It isn't a group effort anymore, is it?

Yep, go ahead and sit on your ass, stop reading this article and turn on the TV or something and just forget about it. Let it all fade away. But when your children ask you one day what lynxes were and why there aren't any more left, you will regret the day you took your eyes off of my words.

You had no idea - did you - that you might never know what a lynx was until they were all gone forever. In a matter of years the entire population could die out if things keep going on the way they are. And no higher power takes notice of this - oh yes, they know - but they won't do much of anything about it. Hundreds of people still shoot and skin lynxes as sport, perfectly aware that they are killing off an entire species. And nearly nothing is being done to stop them.


But will you?

If every person in this world gave up a dollar, that would be 6 billion dollars right there. Pocket change transformed into boatloads.
Now think about this.. If every person in the world realized the raw truth about the treatment of our wild animals - without putting it off for somebody else to deal with, then we'd have 6 billion strong to help a population of 500, more or less, become what it used to be.

To read more about the endangerment of lynxes, and to get more facts, you may want to read this petition. (But don't sign it, it's rather outdated. I'll be looking for a new one. And if I can't find one... Then I'll make another! >8[ )

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