CNN: Humans Could Cause Next Mass Extinction

By Patriot Outdoor News

Unfortunately, Singh gives no credence to hunting as a viable mean for funding wildlife restoration, though sportsmen generate 60 to 90 percent of the money used for wildlife conservation in the U.S., as the Boone and Crockett Club and the Wildlife Society note.

Last week CNN published an article that claims Earth is on the cusp of another mass extinction, similar to the one scientists say wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. However, according to the article, unlike the Jurassic die-off and the four extinctions before it—all of which scholars attribute to natural disasters—a single species is to blame for this forthcoming extinction: humans. The piece notes that, because of habitat destruction, poaching, pollution, and overpopulation by people, animal species are vanishing 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than they would otherwise.

CNN writer Angad Singh points to a study by Science Advances that concludes 617 vertebrate species have gone extinct or possibly extinct since 1900. At this rate, Singh speculates that 75 percent of the world’s animal species could disappear within two generations, the effects of which could have dire consequences for the planet.

“People think nothing bad will come from species loss, because scientists can’t predict …read more

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