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Saving Species: Series 1: Episode 33

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BBC Radio 4 - Saving Species, Series 1, Episode 33

Saving Species reports from Panama about the plight of Sloths in the Caribbean.

A special report about Sloths from the southern most tip of the Caribbean off the coast of Panama.

33/40. We tend to think of Sloths living in the Amazon, but they also live on the islands off the Atlantic coast of Panama. Linked to a natural history film "Decade of Discovery", being broadcast this week on BBC 2, Saving Species has been sent a report by our team out there about the pressures impacting on the Sloths that live on these islands at the end of the Caribbean chain.

We have the first of our special Ladybird Book series which has been recorded through the year. Chris Sperring takes the first editions of the famous book series about Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter - published in 1959 - and explores what species have gone, what have arrived and what hasn't changed. For sure, it's full of surprises.

And sharks. With news of two species of sharks attacking holiday makers in the Red Sea what does this do to the efforts to save sharks from extinction?. We talk to one expert who works with sharks on a daily basis and to another expert in the conservation of the White-tip shark, a species implicated in the attacks.

Presented by Brett Westwood
Produced by Sheena Duncan
Series Editor Julian Hector.

Saving Species: Series 1

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Brett Westwood examines the world of nature and the challenges of wildlife conservation

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