Cataclysmic Decline in Global Wildlife, Says WWF Report

**walrus** · 10-31-2018 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by Freedom

Originally Posted by walrus

Yet we chastise cats for killing too many birds

Cats killing songbirds is indirectly the result of human activity too, and has been a factor in the decline and even the extinction of many species.

Humans bring cats into environments where they don't belong, nearly every household has a pet cat or sometimes several cats.

Humans also brought destructive rats into Britain, North America, and numerous Islands both rattus rattus (aka roof rat, black rat, bubonic plague rat) and rattus norvegicus (aka brown rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat), and that's played a role in the decline of many species.

Current range of rattus norvegicus:

Ya human activity has decimated many animal populations. Cats kill things that flutter about and move quick, humans kill everything

**Dark Lord Al** · 11-01-2018 04:05 AM

Unfortunately as the human population grows the natural habitats for wildlife to live in are diminished. Mans the need for food and resources increases and it all has a knock on effect.
Very sad to see noble animals slaughtered for medicine etc.

**Gandalf** · 11-01-2018 08:44 AM

I agree. Those that argue there is room for more people are making excuses for greed and irresponsibility. Why anyone needs more than a child or 2 max is beyond me. An average of 6 per woman in some countries is grotesque. I would like mire nature and more human self control for the sake of a sustainable planet.