The Earth has half as many animals as it did in 1970 — High Country News
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A massive new study from the World Wildlife Fund has the gory details: Population sizes of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish have declined by 52 percent over the last 40 years.
In other words: the Earth has just half as many animals as it did in 1970. I’ll give you a minute to let that sink in.