Humanity decimating planetary wildlife – Nearly three-fifths of all vertebrates gone

[NickB79]

http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/6987.html

Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone — fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released on Thursday.

Global populations of vertebrates — mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish — have declined by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, states a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Animals living in the world’s lakes, rivers, and freshwater systems have experienced the most dramatic population declines, at 81 percent. Because of human activity, the report states that without immediate intervention global wildlife populations could drop two-thirds by 2020.

Please note, they aren't saying 3/5 of all species are extinct, but rather 3/5 of the populations of animals have been killed off.

[msongs]

1. free condoms and pregnancy prevention pills to everyone. nt

[GliderGuider]

2. And that's three-fifths of what there was in 1970.

If we baseline the wildlife at the time of the introduction of the moldboard plow, we've done in 95% of it.

[ymetca]

3. Crickets...

... until that food runs out. Then...

Soylent Green...

Unless... The Noosphere imbues cosmic consciousness at an exponentiating rate, we pray...

Awakening us all from the Black Iron Prison we're in, stunned into Enlightenment by the Pink Ray...

Stay tuned to Radio Free Albumuth for more updates from El Centro Galactico!

[Judi Lynn]

4. Destroying it all. Don't forget the forests, the air, the water.

But we still have corporations! Lots of idiots.