Deep Green Resistance 2/14/2021 edition

• There are3 billion less birdsin North America than in 1970.
• Only4% of land mammalsare wild ones now (the other 96% are humans and domesticated animals like cows).
• 90% of large ocean predatorsare gone.
• 90% of old growth forests, population: Gonesville
• Just over 20 years ago there were over 1,200,000 Monarch butterflies counted in California.Last year, there were fewer than 2,000. Butterflies are considered by ecologists to be astrong indicatorof ecological health. Rut Roh.
• It is estimated thata billion animalsdied in the Australian fires of 2019.
• We are losing species at afaster ratethan when dinosaurs went extinct!
• 2020 was theworst Hurricane seasonand theworst West Coast wildfireseason on record.
• 2020 was tied with 2016 as thehottest year on record. All the hottest years have occurredsince 2010