Why scare stories about disappearing wildlife do matter | Simon Jenkins

I may not care if the Hoolock gibbon or the Gabon viper become extinct. But as humans, we need reminding of our relationship with nature so we can choose how to act

The surest way of sending the world to sleep is to give it a wake-up call. The World Wildlife Fund applies the cliche to half the Earths animals having disappeared in the past 40 years. The cause is chiefly human exploitation and habitat decline. The losers range from lions to dolphins, vipers to curlews, monkeys to eels. These are...