Facts about Wild life

Approximately 30,000 species per year, approximately three per hour, are being driven to extinction.- Harvard University
Approximately 80 percent of the decrease in global biodiversity is caused by habitat destruction.- African Conservation
The world's wildlife habitat is being destroyed at a rate of approximately 5,760 acres per day or 240 acres per hour.- African Conservation
The population of wildlife worldwide decreased in size by approximately 52 percent between 1970 and 2010. The human population more than doubled during the period.- World Wildlife Fund
Four percent of mammals in the world are wild animals. Thirty-six percent are human beings and 60 percent are farm animals.- National Academy of Sciences of the United States
The illegal traffic of wildlife around the world generates approximately US $ 20 billion per year.- United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
An average of 96 elephants are killed for their ivory in Africa every day.- Society for the Conservation of Wildlife
More African elephants are being killed by ivory that are being born.- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Approximately 60 percent of elephant deaths are in the hands of poachers.- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Poachers kill three rhinoceroses on an average day.- A green planet
There were once dozens of species of rhinos. Now there are only five left.- International Rhino Foundation
Africa's lion population has decreased in size by approximately 42 percent over the past two decades.- African Wildlife Foundation
A century ago, packets of wild dogs in Africa consisted of approximately 100 members. Now the average package size is 10.- American Museum of Natural History
Each year, poachers take more than 38 million animals out of the jungles of Brazil to meet the global demand for illegal wildlife. Most are birds destined to become caged pets for people in Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Madrid or New York.- National Geographic
Biodiversity in Latin America has decreased by approximately 83 percent since the 1970s.- Defenders of Wildlife
The population of marine vertebrates decreased in size by approximately 49 percent between 1970 and 2012.- World Wildlife Fund
Approximately 85 percent of the fisheries worldwide that are commercially fished are at their absolute maximum or are already overexploited.- Organization of the United Nations for Food and Agriculture
People kill more than 100 million sharks around the world each year, often illegally to make shark fin soup.
World Wildlife Fund
More than 650,000 marine mammals die or are seriously injured every year around the world as a result of accidental entanglement or capture in fishing gear. In many cases art is a fishing line that has simply been abandoned.- Coalition of endangered species
Each year, more than 100 million animals are killed by hunters in the United States. That number does not include the millions of animals for which state wildlife agencies do not maintain killing figures.- Delaware Action for Animals
Every year, in the United States, hunters shoot more than 4,000 tons of lead into the environment. This results in the death by poisoning of approximately 20 million animals.- Cooper Ornithological Society
More than 126,000 hunting trophies are imported to the United States each year.- Humane Society of the United States.
There are more than 1,000 captive animal hunting operations in the United States.- Humane Society of the United States.
Thousands of people are arrested for poaching in the United States every year. However, experts believe that only between one and five percent of poachers are captured.- Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
Approximately 180,000 pounds of bushmeat are smuggled into the United States undetected each year.- Alliance of the Pan-African sanctuary
Approximately one in every 20 motor vehicle collisions reported in the United States involves an animal.- Department of Transportation of the United States
There are more than 1.5 million collisions between vehicles and deer each year in the United States.- American Automobile Association
Approximately one billion birds die annually after colliding with glass in the United States.- American Bird Conservancy
More than 11,000 collisions between aircraft and wildlife, mostly birds, took place in the United States last year.- Federal Aviation Administration
Approximately 6,000 tigers are currently kept as pets in the United States. The number is greater than the number of tigers released worldwide.- Born free
More than one million seals died in annual seal hunts in Canada over the past five years. Harp seals are the main targets of hunters. Approximately 97 percent of the harp seals that are killed are puppies less than three months old.- Humane Society of the United States.