We are undoubtedly headed for the sixth extinction. This is an extinction caused by humans and will end up witeverything on this earth dead. Can we stop this? Yes, if we start now we could possibly turn this around if not by 2048 we may all be gone. Sit down and have a drink this is going to be a long one.
The past five extinctions were:
1. Ordovician Period. That 60% of all terrestrial and marine disappeared.
2. Late Devonian period which was 360 million years ago. The environment had nurtured reefs which turned against the earth and that was the second mass extinction.
3. Permian max extinction where 80-95% of all marine life went extinct. Reefs did not reappear for another ten million years.
4.Triassic mass extinction had almost half of all marine invertebrates and 80% of all land quadrupeds went extinct.
5. Cretaceous mass extinction 65 million years ago resulted in the extinction of dinosaurs, no large land animals survived, tropical marine life was decimated.Plant life was greatly affected.
So what has caused these mass extinctions and head us towards our sixth extinction that is pending even faster than expected. First is ti the temperature the last one was 6-14 degrees C warmer than present the ocean was 300 feet higher than today, they then flooded 40% of the EARTH.. The heat bleaches the coral and it causes mass extinction of life giving coral. The problem occurs because the CO2 has no chance to mix with the ocean . The acidification of the water is slow and the air is fast. If we continue at the rate it is happening today the CO2 emissions, ocean PH will drop to a level that will cause other chemical changes and anoxia will set in. The ocean flooding of 65 million years ago will be our reality.When this happens we are in our Sixth extinction all caused by humans.
People wander about their heads in the air thinking it will never happen to them. That will happen way after their life is over.. I would never bring a child into this world of impending death. We are slaughtering the wild animals and abusing them. We are destroying the brilliant marine life, the flora and fauna.
Humans are not a species to admired. We abuse each other, we abuse animals, we abuse the oceans and those that live in it and we abuse the forests. We are a sorry lot of people and if we don’t stop we could all be gone by 2048. In the next ten years is we don’t stop this mass murdering of elephants and lions they are gone. Three species of tigers went extinct in 2000 and we may only have 3000 left. That means in three years they will be gone. In the cove in Japan they slaughter mass groups of traumatized dolphins. The rest they sell to wildlife aquariums for a life of servitude and captivity. The Faroe Island mass slaughter pilot whales, They declare that is is their “custom” brutality is not a custom. What will they do when they have made their “custom” go extinct. What will be the new custom.
Trophy hunters, poachers, and serial animal killers are not conservationists. Tell me how you conserve a species when it is teetering on the edge of extinction. We have murdered more than half of the wild animals in the last forty-five years. We have done our very best to be as mean as we know how by polluting and being mean to everyone and everything.We are all guilty even myself. People have over populated this world and by doing that we are killing forests, animals and each other. If we don’t try to fix this we are all gone.
Our governments are blind and bow to the wealthy by not putting moratoriums on killing animals and deforestation. Why do you think so many places are being subjected to deforestation the rains wash the land away. This causes land to erode, crops and houses are washed away. With it human and wildlife are often killed, yes, we did this.
Animals and forests play a very important role in ecology, if we ignore this then we are gone, everything is gone. Circuses, and any place that displays animals as entertainment must be stopped. No more hunting of exotic wildlife. No more governments like the provincial government of Christy Clark in BC allowing mass slaughter of wolves. No more round ups and slaughter of wild horses in Alberta.
No human life is worth more than the life of an animal. Laws need to be enforced and made more stringent to stop animal abuses wild and domestic.
I am sad because I like everyone else has contributed, even in a small way to this horrible impending extinction of the earth. I would rather not drive a car but I would ride a horse. I love animals and always have. I don’t even mind snakes but would never have one as a pet. If I was able I would head to Africa and Asia and fight for those animals.
I will take this opportunity to defend people who eat beef, or poultry. Some people really have to eat meat because of their body makeup, I do not abuse them for that. I do abuse those who kill animals for fun, trophies torture, entertainment etc.
I am asking everyone to stand with me to defend the rights of all animals. Only when we can save them and stop this destruction can we save this world. Without all of those having babies todays expect your child not to live to an old age or yourself.
We must all fight for Cecil and all lions, elephants, rhinos and all land and sea animals.