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Wildlife News: Hunting responsible for sharp decline in tropical wildlife and birds
Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals
Earth has lost more than half its wildlife in the last 40 years
Debunked: Five of the Most Pervasive Hunting Myths Unraveled
Trophy hunting is exploitation, not conservation
Five reasons trophy hunting is not conservation
Hunting the murderous business
Proof trophy hunters don’t save a single animal
https://www.thedodo.com/trophy-hunting-conservation-myth-1343952664.html
Six grisly facts trophy hunters don’t want you to know
http://www.salon.com/2016/01/31/and_you_thought_cecil_was_bad_6_grisly_facts_trophy_hunters_dont_want_you_to_know_partner/
Over half the world’s wildlife has been wiped out in the past 40 years
http://inhabitat.com/wild-vertebrate-populations-have-dropped-52-since-1970-wwf-report/
Global decline of large herbivores may lead to an empty landscape scientists say
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/latest/global-decline-of-large-herbivores-may-lead-to-an-empty-landscape-scientists-say-22653
Extinction of your favorite animal more real than you realize
https://exposingthebiggame.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/extinction-of-your-favorite-animal-more-real-than-you-realize/
How trophy hunting destroys conservation
http://www.cannedlion.org/how-trophy-hunters-destroy-conservation.html
20,000 species are near extinction is it time to rethink
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/131216-conservation-environment-animals-science-endangered-species/#
60 percent of the world’s largest herbivores facing extinction
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/study-60percent-of-worlds-largest-herbivores-facing-extinction/vi-BBjalGR?ocid=sf
Decline of top predators is a threat to ecosystems scientists warn
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-10/top-predators-crucial-forecosystem-survival/5193736
Top carnivores help shape every aspect of their environments
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/top-carnivores-help-shape-nearly-every-aspect-their-environment-180949311/?no-ist
More than three-quarters of large carnivores now in decline
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2014/01/more-than-three-quarters-of-large.html
Here’s every single animal that became extinct in the last 100 years
http://www.pixable.com/article/heres-every-single-animal-that-became-extinct-in-the-last-100-years-photos-67674
13 species we might have to say goodbye to in 2015
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/wildlife-news/141231/13-species-we-might-have-say-goodbye-2015
13 animals hunted to extinction
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/13-animals-hunted-to-extinction/hunted-to-death
15 endangered species that are still on the menu
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/15-endangered-species-that-are-still-on-the-menu/delicacy
Endangered species in UK decline by 60 per cent in 40 years
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10402295/Endangered-species-decline-by-60-per-cent-in-40-years.html
List of most recent extinctions
http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/lists/mostrecent.htm
What we have lost species extinction timeline
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/deextinction/selected-species-extinctions-since-1600/
Tiny fish on the brink of extinction and the ramifications are huge
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/19/3635666/delta-smelt-could-go-bottom-up/
How the Western Black Rhino Went Extinct
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2013/11/13/western-black-rhino-extinct/
Study finds hunters depleting lion and cougar populations
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/05/27/sa-farmers-fingered-in-lion-smuggling
USFWS declares Eastern cougar extinct
http://nbc4i.com/2015/06/22/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-declares-eastern-cougar-extinct/
Killing coyotes wrong when other measures work
http://www.agweek.com/event/article/id/22624/
The silencing of the wolves despite the howling of humans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brenda-peterson/despite-howling-of-humans_b_5003280.html?utm_hp_ref=green
Red wolves could be declared exinct in NC
http://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2015/01/29/red-wolves-could-be-declared-extinct-in-nc/
Elephants attack as humans turn up the pressure
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0603_050603_elephants.html
First class article on the Taiji dolphin killings in Denmark
http://www.saawinternational.org/taijidolphins.htm
Resurrecting the extinct frog with a stomach for a womb
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/15/resurrecting-the-extinct-frog-with-a-stomach-for-a-womb/
Common justifications for eating animals hunting
http://freefromharm.org/common-justifications-for-eating-animals/hunting-wildlife-population-control-ethical-eating/
Why does this famous conservationist keep shooting
http://deadspin.com/why-does-this-world-famous-conservationist-keep-shootin-1721784941
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