18 Animals Whose Numbers Are Plummeting Thanks To Humans
BuzzFeed - Latest 2014-09-30
Summary:
A WWF report out today shows that wildlife populations worldwide have declined by 52% since 1970. Well done everyone.
African lion (Panthera leo)
In Ghana's Mole National Park, the lion population has declined by over 90% in 40 years. This is thought to be due to people killing lions in retaliation to human-lion conflict.
naturepl.com / Anup Shah / WWF-Canon
naturepl.com / Anup Shah / WWF-Canon
naturepl.com / Anup Shah / WWF-Canon
African Forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis)
The forest elephant's population size declined by more than 60 per cent between 2002 and 2011, mostly because of increasing rates of poaching for ivory. Thanks to habitat loss they're now restricted to just 7% of their historic habitat.
WWF-Canon / Carlos Drews