Why Birds Matter?
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* The Passenger Pigeon was the most populous bird (estimated 5 billion) on the planet in 1850. A little over 50 years later it would be extinct thanks entirely to humans. | * The Passenger Pigeon was the most populous bird (estimated 5 billion) on the planet in 1850. A little over 50 years later it would be extinct thanks entirely to humans. | ||
| - | * Currently, 1 out of 6 species on this planet is on the brink of extinction, thanks in a good part to humans. | + | * Currently, 1 out of 6 species on this planet is on the brink of extinction, thanks in a good part to humans. (UN Council on Bio-diversity, 2010) |
* Unless something changes, it is predicted we will cause 50% or more of the species on our planet to go extinct within the next 30-100 years, which in turn, will probably bring about our extinction. | * Unless something changes, it is predicted we will cause 50% or more of the species on our planet to go extinct within the next 30-100 years, which in turn, will probably bring about our extinction. | ||
