Save Our Wildlife, Save Our World.
Too many species around the globe have been going extinct at
rates thousands of times greater than normal. In just the last century alone, around 500
species have gone extinct due to mostly human activities such as agriculture, deforestation, pollution, and illegal practices.
There could be even more species that no one has ever seen, already wiped from the Earth before we had a chance to do so.
And yet.
We are continuing to allow wildlife and their homes become utterly destroyed. Even if it may not appear so,
every organism on the planet contributes to life overall, which in turn eventually affects how
humans live one way or another. We can't let them become a part of the past.
Wildlife has always piqued peoples' interests, but beyond their beautiful feathers and majestic roars,
their roles to the planet and society have always remained important.
The main, major consequence of losing so many species to extinction is the destruction of biodiversity and
disruption of natural ecosystems. Every species has a specific role to play in their respective habitat. If just one species
dies due to human activities, the entire ecosystem could collapse. With certain species gone, others fill in the gap and are no
longer kept in check naturally. Food is depleted for not just everything in that ecosystem, but for humans who source their food
from there as well.
If we continue to
bulldoze entire forests for wood, then rare plants that could be used for new medicines would die out. If we poach all the wild animals that
roam the savanna, developing nations who depend on tourism will regress economically.If we lose bees due to pesticides and warming temperatures, societys' crop production could completely fall apart.