Dundo - The acting director of the Provincial Office for the Environment, Waste Management and Community Services, Pascoal Txifuchi, stated this past weekend that combating illegal hunting and other negative actions against the environment is crucial for the preservation of species such as the bush donkey, elephant, Syncerus caffer nanus, lion, jaguar, and fox in the region. According to the official, who was speaking at a seminar on the state of the environment in Lunda-Norte province, promoted in the municipality of Mussungue by the Ministry of the Environment, these species and other animals of the local wildlife are at risk of extinction due to human actions against the environment.