mvaljean525: Wildlife habitat in the world is being destroyed at a rate of approximately 5,760 acres
mvaljean525: Wildlife habitat in the world is being destroyed at a rate of approximately 5,760 acres per day or 240 acres per hour.– African Conservancy Approximately 30,000 species per year — about three per hour — are being driven to extinction.– Harvard University The population of wildlife throughout the world decreased in size by approximately 52 percent between 1970 and 2010. The human population more than doubled in size during the period.– World Wildlife Fund Every year poachers take more than 38 million animals from the wilds of Brazil to meet the global demand for illegal wildlife. Most are birds destined to become caged pets for people in Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Madrid or New York.– National Geographic More than one million seals have been killed in the annual seal hunts in Canada during the last five years. Harp seals are the primary targets of the hunters. Approximately 97 percent of the harp seals killed are pups less than three months old.– Humane Society of the United States —- Grahic - Suraji (B.1970) -- source link