In a novel way to raise awareness of the world’s most endangered
species the Centre for Biological Research has made available a wide collection
of animal sounds and images for cell phones and wall paper.
It has been a hugely successful move and thousands of people
in over 150 countries across the globe have been downloading the chirps and
cheeps of all sorts of birds, amphibians and mammals at risk of extinction.
Like the Mexican vaquita marina, with only 100 remaining in the waters of Baja
California Sur.
A
Spanish version of the website has now been launched with many Mexican species ringtones
available for download. A few of these are - the vaquita, the jaguar, elephant
seals, humpback whale, the Mexican gray wolf, the killer whale, and the Mexican
spotted owl. For more check out the website http://www.llamadassalvajes.org/llamadassalvajes/
Alejandro
Olivera, representative in Mexico of the Center for Biological Diversity, is keen
to expand the project and is encouraging people to share their recordings of
rare or endangered species -“We'd love to hear them and to convert them to ring
tones. Send a sound file to center@biologicaldiversity.org
And for lots more information on endangered species visit http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/