THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HAS RELEASED A REPORT LOOKING INTO
THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED A DECLINE IN
POPULATION BECAUSE OF HUMAN ACTIVITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND
HABITAT LOSS.
THERE HAVE BEEN
A NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT HAVE LOOKED INTO
THIS.
THEY ARE NOT SAYING THESE ARE THE ANIMALS THAT HAVE GONE
EXTINCT, THEY ARE JUST SAYING THE POPULATION OVERALL HAS
DECLINED AND IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
HABITAT LOSS IS A HUGE PROBLEM, SO IS OVERFISHING, AND
OVERPOPULATION
OF HUMANS.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS BASICALLY SAVING EVERYTHING
SHE IS MAKING BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA AND SEE THE
CORAL REEF BEFORE IT IS OVER.
WE ARE IN A DIRE SITUATION RIGHT NOW AND IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE.
>>OTHER
CAUSES ARE POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, INVASIVE SPECIES.
IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL NUMBERS OF ANIMALS WITHIN THESE
3700 OR SO SPECIES THAT THEY ARE TRACKING.
IN SOME WAYS WE ARE THE VIRUS, HUMANS.
WE WIPE OUT ALMOST EVERYTHING IN OUR PATH.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY I AM ANTIHUMAN.
I AM ONE OF YOU.
I AM PROUD TO CALL MYSELF A HUMANIST.
THAT IS WHAT BILL O'REILLY CALLS HIS OPPONENTS.
I TOO AM FOR THE HUMANS, BUT I AM ALSO MINDFUL OF THE PLANET.
IF WE DESTROY EVERYTHING IN OUR PATH THAT IS NOT GOING TO WIND
UP WELL FOR HUMANS EITHER.
AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO UPSET THE BALANCE OF THE
EARTH, AND WE ARE CLOSE TO THAT POINT RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE STUDY SAID IF WE KEEP GOING IN
THIS DIRECTION IT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC NOT JUST FOR
ANIMALS BUT FOR US.
THE EARTH IS GOING TO SURVIVE EITHER WAY.
IT
IS GOING TO BE HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AT SOME POINTS IT
MIGHT JUST SHAKE US OFF.
>>JUST LIKE HILLARY DOING THE SHIMMY.
>>RIGHT.
IF WE KEEP GOING THIS WAY, IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.
A LOT OF THIS ñ I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENTAGES BUT I THINK BASED
ON WHAT I READ IN THE PAST IS MORE US ENCROACHING ON THEIR
TERRITORY THAN POACHING ETC.
MOST OF IT IS US CUTTING DOWN
THE RAIN FORESTS, GOING INTO FRESH WATERS.
>> THINK ABOUT IT, WE ARE OVERPOPULATED.
WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO FEED THEM.
WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH BEEF IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE WE
HAVE THESE FACTORIES WITH ALL THESE COWS AND WE ARE
MASS-PRODUCING MEAT.
THAT IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE CLIMATE.
WITH FISHING WE ARE OVERFISHING, WE ARE RELYING ON FARMS FOR
FISH.
IT STILL ISN'T HELPING THE SITUATION.
>> I AM NOT HOLIER THAN THOU, I EAT STEAKS.
I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO STOP THIS EXCEPT PUTTING A LITTLE
BIT OF A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS ON THE SHOW.
BUT I'M NOT OUT THERE CHAINING MYSELF TO A TREE.
I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.
LOSING 58% OF THE VERTEBRATE POPULATION IN THE LAST 42
YEARS, NOT GOOD NEWS.
AT SOME POINT THAT BELL IS GOING TO TOLL FOR US.
I DON'T WANT ANIMALS OR US TO REAP THE WORLD WIND AND IT
LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A
WORLD WIND COMING.