Article by National Geographic
Found this interesting article by National Gergraphic on how at least one species of creature in The Jungle Book may already be extinct.
This is really tragic. I feel like we are living in an ages where surely we will see the most drastic extinction of animals ever recorded. Not only because of the factors taking place, weather, poaching etc. But because we are living in the age of worldwide information and people are aware of endangered animals at a scale that has never been known before.
For this reason I think popularising books like the Jungle Book and watching nature shows, like avid Attenborough is supremely important. Its not like a wwf ad where youre guilted into saving the whales, but instead you form a bond with the characters in these books or you learn about other magnificent lives and habit and intelligence.
I have always loved wildlife and that is a driving factor as to why I picked this book to illustrate. It not only gives you a magical imaginative peek into the life of the jungle and all its creatures but it has social and almost political parallels to our own society, which is very cleverly done. As well as in the short stories at the end. The story of Kotick the Seal is definitely a shout for the halt of the seal fur trade and goes into vivid detail of the violence and horror of it.
below is the link, highly recommend a read
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