Following my thoughts on Ecocide. We can all do our bit! Thanks Opher!
There is a world-wide massive decline in all types of animals and plants. As man’s numbers explode the natural environment is being decimated. The loss of habitat, bush-meat, deforestation, road-kill, pollution and pesticides has taken its toll globally.
There is also a decline in our own wild-life. Birds that used to be common are becoming scarce. Animals that used to be a regular sight are not becoming extinct. The hedge-hog, barn owl, hare, slow-worm and dormouse are just a small number of those at risk.
Insects and other invertebrates have declined by a staggering 56%. These are the food for many of our birds and mammals.
They too are subject to the same problems as the larger animals abroad.
- All too often the first instinct of anyone finding an insect, snake or rodent is to kill it.
- Hedges, trees and areas of natural vegetation are being scrubbed up for industrial farming…
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NavasolaNature 
What adorable creatures!
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Beautifully written article about a key topic; the small species, the insects and the rodents are crucial to the health and wellbeing of any ecosystem.
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Thanks!
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Nicely done! Funny thing happened, my mom randomly killed a fruit fly so I asked her, can you make one of those? why Kill it? She could not answer. We need to respect and appreciate other life forms as we cannot create any of them. Thanks for writing this!
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Very true! Except we think we can clone which is really just clowning about with nature.
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