December 1, 2013. There’s always been great disagreement over the crossroads where humans overlap with nature. Experts estimate that billions of animal species have gone extinct, the vast majority before mankind set foot on planet Earth. But with the world’s population exploding at a rate faster than previously estimated, a number of beloved animals are scheduled for extinction sooner than we may have time to save them.
One week ago, Live Science published their list titled, ‘7 Iconic Animals Humans are driving to Extinction.’ The authors set the grim setting with the report’s opening sentence. ‘It's hard to imagine a world in which elephants, orangutans, lions and other iconic wildlife only exist in stories, photos and zoos,’ the authors soberly write, ‘But that may be where the future is heading for some of these animals. Several creatures around the world are being pushed toward extinction by humans, through hunting and habitat loss.’
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