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'Exploding human consumption' has caused huge loss of wildlife

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund -- the WWF -- has blamed humans for causing a 60% percent drop, on average, in the global wildlife population. The conservation group's report says losses in vertebrates species - mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles - averaged 60% between 1970 and 2014. Tanya Steele is UK Chief Executive of WWF.

Picture: Sudan, the last surviving male northern white rhino Laikipia National Park in Kenya in May 2017. He was put down in March 2018. Credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner/File Photo.

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