Posted on 12/30/2021 5:52:36 PM PST by Olog-hai
Ever-growing environmental threats are pushing many animals and plants to the brink of extinction — the scale of which hasn’t been seen since dinosaurs died out, the German branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said on Wednesday.
The stark warnings came as WWF Germany released its “Winners and Losers of 2021,” an annual list of animals whose existence is now acutely under threat — as well as conservation victories.
There are currently 142,500 animal and plant species on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) — 40,000 of which are “threatened with extinction.”
It is the largest number of species to be included on the Red List since it was established in 1964, according to WWF Germany.
“Around one million species could go extinct within the next decade — which would be the largest mass extinction event since the end of the dinosaur age,” the organization said in a statement.
WWF Germany director Eberhard Brandes said decisive environmental protection policies were urgently needed, particularly in the fight against climate change. …
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You know,
It may be the Human race!
Thank you
The man I know is the world’s foremost expert on them. Anyone in the zoo world who want one has to go through him
He founded the Okapi Conservation Project
Very interesting man and very interesting read about his work
I had no idea....
Only found in one place in the world and only about 20,000 of them on the planet
Beautiful, shy creatures
Most never heard of them
Awareness of them is everything for endangered species, that’s what he strives for and the reason I bring it up when appropriate
What did the WWF do for the dinosaurs? If this organization couldn’t save a single dinosaur why would should we give them our money?
If I get a vote, I’d like to add fleas, ticks, lice and cockroaches. And big scary centipedes with fangs. Tsetse flies, too.
Digger,
Thanks for the interesting subject matter.
Well done.
More BS than Brandon without a diaper.
Conservator,you hit the nail right on the head,perfect...
Why would the World Wrestling Federation care about climate change?
/s
things come and things go ,live with it
And Liberals
First sentence is complete bull puckey.
You’re so welcome
No need supporting these losers I guess, especially their polar bear and elephant commercials.
I look forward to the extinction of communists
The polar bear commercials tick me off. I have to explain to the kids why the commercial is lying and that the polar bears are just fine. These leftists are absolutely sick, evil liars. Their father is the father of lies. That is how we know that they are truly evil. Because of their constant lies.
Oh what do wrestlers know about the environment.😏
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