There aren't enough swear words to express how angry this makes me!!

"Industrial Farming Has Killed Billions of Birds"

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Worldwide, 49% of all wild bird species are in steep decline.

BirdLife International’s authoritative report, State of the World’s Birds 2022, estimates that there are now nearly three billion fewer wild birds in Canada and the U.S. than a few decades ago, and about 600 million fewer in the European Union.

The single biggest cause of bird declines is chemical-intensive farming. Some birds are killed by pesticides or herbicides, but the most important impacts are loss of food, especially insects and other invertebrates that most bird species depend on, and the spread of fertilizer-intensive monocultures that eliminate shelter and nesting areas. Insect-eating populations declined more than any others.

In short, the collapse of farmland bird populations is closely related to the Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene. The mass slaughter of insects is killing masses of birds.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://climateandcapitalism.com/2023/06/06/industrial-farming-kills-billions-of-birds/
SEE ALSO -- https://climateandcapitalism.com/2023/02/16/insect-apocalypse-in-the-anthropocene-i/

#Nature #Birds #Insects #Environment #Pollution #Biodiversity