Green Options

This population growth, on the surface, would seem to be a matter of great concern. To be sure, it is indeed a concern in those countries as they seek to insure the survival needs of more and more people. But, as population and economic researchers have shown, population size alone is not the real problem; the real problem is the rate of consumption per capita. Put in this light, we immediately see a dramatic difference between first and third world [...]

The current rate of extinction is 100 to 1000 times higher than the average, or background rate, making our current period the 6th major mass extinction in the planet’s history.

Although fossil reconstructions or pictorial representations can sometimes be difficult to connect with, it’s impossible to ignore the experience of seeing a photograph of an animal on the brink of extinction.

Thus, what follows is a list of 11 extinct animals that were photographed while still alive.

Tasmanian Tiger