Ecosystem Will Collapse If We Fail to Save Butterflies, Warns Attenborough

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SIR DAVID Attenborough says Britain faces an "environmental catastrophe" unless immediate action is taken to save the country's butterflies from extinction.

The broadcaster is to launch a multimillion-pound campaign to preserve the insects, amid fears that large areas of the countryside will soon become butterfly-free.

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Ecosystem Will Collapse If We Fail to Save Butterflies, Warns Attenborough

Five species have become extinct over the past century. Of the 54 remaining, more than three-quarters are in rapid decline.

"This is an envir...

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