Half the world's animals disappeared since 1970

[palbert]

I had to make a road trip today and it gave me time to reflect on this. Forget elephants on Africa. I am sure most people on the Board know of restricted hunts, restricted catches, and other evidence of unsustainable animal populations. Where culling (read, catching) is allowed or encouraged it is because something has gone wrong in the normal animal population. Here, at the Gulf of Maine and along the Northeast seaboard, catches of cod, haddock, northern shrimp, and other marine life is being restricted. The Northeastern lobster catch is maintained in a sustainable way which is why it is still affordable. The clam flats are being decimated by pollution.

50% may be an exaggeration but it's close enough for me.