The End Of The Jungle Book Too?

From the BBC's Apes 'extinct in a generation':

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"All of the great apes are listed as either endangered or critically endangered," co-author [of 'The World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation'] Lera Miles from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre near Cambridge told the BBC News website.

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"The great apes are our kin," [UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan] writes. "Like us, they are self-aware and have cultures, tools, politics, and medicines; they can learn to use sign language, and have conversations with people and with each other.

"Sadly, however, we have not treated them with the respect they deserve."

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