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Haumans blamed for drop in wildlife

cnn.com — The world's wildlife has declined by 27 percent since 1970 because of the human impact on the environment, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday. The WWF's latest Living Planet Index shows terrestrial, freshwater and marine species all suffered declines in their populations between 1970 and 2005, with freshwater species experiencing the biggest drop

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  • Christianptriot, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Balance this against places in North America and other places where human inte=rvention, conservation programs and strategies by the USFWS and Forest Service has increased and expanded the wildlife numbers nad healthy habitat.

    There is no model in biology that looks at what wildlife levels would be if there had never been humans on the planet - disease, weather conditions, food and forage, etc.
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