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October 27, 2016

WWF: Two-Thirds of World's Wildlife Could Be Gone by 2020 in "Sixth Extinction"
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A shocking new study by the World Wildlife Fund finds more than
two-thirds of the world's wildlife could be gone by 2020. According to
WWF, there has already been a 58 percent overall decline in the numbers
of fish, mammals, birds and reptiles worldwide. WWF conservation
scientist Martin Taylor told CNN, "This is definitely human impact,
we're in the sixth mass extinction. There's only been five before this,
and we're definitely in the sixth."
Topics:Environment

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