The Ignored Catastrophe In Biodiversity

The massive attention that is being paid to the dubious issue of global warming means that a far more significant ecological catastrophe - a global biodiversity crash - is going unnoticed.
Cathy Taibbi of examiner.com:

While everyone realizes that there have been mass extinctions in the past, most famously one that included the demise of the dinosaurs, few realize that, right now, we are in the midst of an equally cataclysmic event; the sixth great mass-extinction in the planet’s history.

The list of animals on the brink now is almost inconceivable and includes: tigers, lions, eagles, kites, salmon, pandas, dozens of parrot species, cheetahs, sea turtles, orcas (killer whales), elephants, maned woves, Cape hunting dogs, rhinos, honey bees, butterflies, sugar-maple trees, wild apricots, wild almonds, acacia trees, cactus, mussels, condors, bats, all the great apes, frogs and other amphibians – and this is barely scratching the surface.

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