The "progress" of the human race is inadvertently and stupidly causing the decline in populations of birds of prey. Extinction or drastic reductions of these species of BENEFICIAL predators will enable the proliferation of pests that we deliberately poison. Birds of prey that consume dead animals ingest the poisons and die off.
Loss of habitat contributes heavily to the decline in birds of prey worldwide.
Mankind will eventually be directly responsible for its own extinction.
Loss of habitat contributes heavily to the decline in birds of prey worldwide.
Mankind will eventually be directly responsible for its own extinction.
Birds of prey face global decline from habitat loss, poisons
Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories, birds of prey worldwide are in decline. A new analysis finds that 30% of 557 raptor species worldwide are considered near threatened, vulnerable or endangered.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories – like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America – birds of prey are in decline worldwide.
A new analysis of data from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and BirdLife International found that 30% of 557 raptor species worldwide are considered near threatened, vulnerable or endangered or critically endangered. Eighteen species are critically endangered, including the Philippine eagle, the hooded vulture and the Annobon scops owl, the researchers found.