Wildlife Population Plummeted Since 1970

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Wildlife Population Plummeted Since 1970

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Oct 5, 2014

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A World Wildlife Fund report estimates losses of 40 percent of all individual land and sea animals, and a 70 percent population crash of all river animals, since 1970. David Biello reports

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Oct 5, 2014

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