Modern humanity lives in the era of the sixth species extinction
Humanity is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction event – a man-made extinction event. Global warming, which causes abnormal weather phenomena, is to blame for the mass death of animals. People make no less of a “contribution” to the global extinction of species. A team of EU scientists came to this latest sad conclusion, confirming the conclusion of their colleagues from America – man is to blame.
African elephants are on the verge of extinction
The number of animals that have lived on our planet for more than three million years has rapidly decreased to critical levels. African elephants have practically no enemies in their habitat; the reason for their extinction is human poaching.