Blog 9: Politics affect Wildlife

Madagascar has a very unique wildlife and apparently, due to the unstable political situation after the coup, poachers are abusing the system and killing animals faster than they can reproduce, making the possibility of extintion a reality. The aye, aye, an animal that occurs only in Madagascar, might be an example, as the BBC reports here "last chance to see the aye-aye"



Image courtesy of BBC

The article has a short video of the aye aye, with some scientists just drooling over the cuteness of the animal. But even if it wasn't this cute, it will still deserve our attention.