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juyfdsa t1_isdm9cu wrote

What really matters is really really green lawns. Oh and getting rid of nests out of trees in our yards. Oh and no insects anywhere near my home. Okay, now I can listen about animal populations.

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gillika t1_isdzn8v wrote

My neighbors cats get all the nests, no matter how much we try to protect them

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juyfdsa t1_ise0t3c wrote

Oh, I think you were supposed to mention that your neighbor's cat is a rescue for fake internet points. That's what everyone else does anyway...

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Manofalltrade t1_isfe2ia wrote

We rescued this kitten from its mother when it was 12 weeks old…

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juyfdsa t1_isfjv5f wrote

Still counts. As long as you say "rescue" the upvotes will increase

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mhornberger t1_isfp7tr wrote

People love nature but don't want to give up low-density living, or stop eating beef. Though the latter is the larger issue by far, since we use 50x more land for agriculture than we do for all cities and towns. And 3/4 of agricultural land we use is to pasture animals we eat or grow food to feed them. So agricultural sprawl is a large part of the loss of biodiversity. Eating plants is much more land-efficient (and water-efficient), but people ain't giving up their beef burgers and steaks for anything.

https://ourworldindata.org/land-use

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

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