The recently published World Wildlife Fund 2018 Living Planet Report reveals that we have killed 60% of all wildlife in the last 40 years. I would remind readers that as recently as 200,000 years ago we would have considered our ancestors wildlife by any of today’s definitions.
World Wildlife Fund
Mammals on Death Row – Extinction is Forever
The period of time since the last mass extinction 66 million years ago, that killed the dinosaurs, is known as the Age of Mammals. Our own species is a child of this age. The study shows that it would take three to five million years for nature to recover the anticipated mammal species losses of the next 50 years.
War with Nature – Man Vs Earth – Prince Ea
War with nature: Not only do we not have the right to destroy other species, we have the responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.