Sentences with phrase «neared local extinction»

Toronto's reported dog bites have been rising since 2012, and in 2013 and 2014 reached their highest levels this century, even as pit bulls and similar dogs neared local extinction.

Not exact matches

Public libraries have been teetering on the brink of extinction for years, a fact that doesn't seem likely to improve in the near future given the economic situations that lead local governments to take aim at the libraries as a primary target.

With the help of their trusty Astro Worker, players terraform planets, decimate local fauna and drive native animal life to near extinction in their quest for the perfect soup.

In particular, many of the plant populations predicted to persist in the near future will actually do so under local climate conditions that are already unsuitable for their long - term survival because long live spans and clonal reproduction strategies of many high mountain plants allow them to retard extinction.