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    Why Save Endangered Species

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    Endangered species must be protected and saved to preserve their medicinal, agricultural, ecological, commercial and recreational value for future generations. Plants and animals provide valuable medications, as about 40% of prescriptions contain natural compounds from species, and only 5% of plant species have been screened for medicinal value. Species also have agricultural and ecological importance, and support a $40 billion pharmaceutical industry, showing their economic and medical significance.

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    Endangered species must be protected and saved to preserve their medicinal, agricultural, ecological, commercial and recreational value for future generations. Plants and animals provide valuable medications, as about 40% of prescriptions contain natural compounds from species, and only 5% of plant species have been screened for medicinal value. Species also have agricultural and ecological importance, and support a $40 billion pharmaceutical industry, showing their economic and medical significance.

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    Endangered species must be protected and saved to preserve their medicinal, agricultural, ecological, commercial and recreational value for future generations. Plants and animals provide valuable medications, as about 40% of prescriptions contain natural compounds from species, and only 5% of plant species have been screened for medicinal value. Species also have agricultural and ecological importance, and support a $40 billion pharmaceutical industry, showing their economic and medical significance.

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    Why Save Endangered Species

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    Vijay Yadav
    Endangered species must be protected and saved to preserve their medicinal, agricultural, ecological, commercial and recreational value for future generations. Plants and animals provide valuable medications, as about 40% of prescriptions contain natural compounds from species, and only 5% of plant species have been screened for medicinal value. Species also have agricultural and ecological importance, and support a $40 billion pharmaceutical industry, showing their economic and medical significance.

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    Why Save Endangered Species?

    Plants and animals hold medicinal, agricultural, ecological, commercial and aesthetic/recreational value. Endangered species must be protected and saved so that future generations can experience their presence and value.

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    Plants and animals are responsible for a variety of useful medications. In fact, about forty percent of all prescriptions written today are composed from the natural compounds of different species. These species not only save lives, but they contribute to a prospering pharmaceutical industry worth over $40 billion annually. Unfortunately, only 5% of known plant species have been screened for their medicinal values, although we continue to lose up to 100 species daily. The Pacific yew, a slow-growing tree found in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest, was historically considered a "trash" tree (it was burned after clearcutting). However, a substance in its bark taxol was recently identified as one of the most promising treatments for ovarian and breast cancer. Additionally, more than 3 million American heart disease sufferers would perish within 72 hours of a heart attack without digitalis, a drug derived from the purple foxglove.

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