Going, One by One

Animals are dying, one by one. The Zoological Society of London and the World Wildlife Fund tries to keep track of 1400 species, but more than one in four individual creatures are now dead.

Marine species are the worst affected. Hammerhead Shark populations are falling extremely fast, and the Baiji is feared extinct.

Pollution, farming, over-fishing & hunting are the main reasons. Not only are populations declining, one in every hundred species becomes extinct each year due to human activity.

This is being called one of the "Great Extinction Episodes" of Earth.

I hope the species recover and have a good future, however unlikely that may be.

Please comment. Thank you.