{"id":2504,"date":"2018-02-12T05:07:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T13:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2018-02-12T05:07:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T13:07:07","slug":"mindful-monday-is-climate-change-affecting-the-worlds-animal-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2504","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday \u2013 Is Climate Change Affecting the World\u2019s Animal Population?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a topic I\u2019m interested in, so decided to do a little research and share my findings with you. It\u2019s all very discouraging. You know how all parts of the body are connected to make it function properly\u2014the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone\u2026etc. Well, we\u2019ve been told for years that we\u2019re a danger to the world we\u2019re living in\u2014that we\u2019re not taking very good care of it. We\u2019ve done a lot of damage and we continue to do so. According to expert accounts, this thing called climate change is all on us\u2014the humans who walk this planet. And there are numerous agencies and organizations struggling to right things by educating us and warning us to make important changes.<\/p>\n

In our environment as with our bodies, each aspect depends on another in order to sustain us and our precious wildlife. When the human jumps in and starts taking from the environment without giving back, when we destroy aspects of what was created with a purpose and was working perfectly to sustain the life here, many species of plant and animal-life struggle and die.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the animals that are at risk as we speak: I\u2019ll start with the cat\u2014the \"\"beautiful snow leopard is struggling. Most of us like bears\u2014how many of you have one or more adorable stuffed teddy bears? I have several and Lily-kitty has a few of her own. It\u2019s sad to know that polar bears are being seriously affected by our choices and way of living. They aren\u2019t on the endangered list yet, according to some, but they\u2019re being affected by pollution and climate change (due to our handling of the environment) as their natural habitat is melting away. The adorable koala bear is also at risk because they\u2019re slowly losing their primary food source.<\/p>\n

The Adelie penguin is struggling to survive and some don\u2019t have much hope for them. Even the Asian and the African elephants are at risk, as are the mountain gorilla, the monarch butterfly, the elephant seal, the American pica and others.<\/p>\n

So what is causing the problem? Will the animals we\u2019re familiar with go extinct like the dinosaur? Some certainly will if we don\u2019t pay more attention to what we\u2019re doing to our environment. What can I do? you might ask? I asked the same thing. First educate yourself. Conduct your own research. Pick up that magazine that features an article on climate change. Watch specials on TV showing what\u2019s happening. Listen to commentary on this subject. Then vow to do what you can do to help save the wonderful animals we share this earth with and humanity. Here are a few sites that outline specific things we can do: https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/stories\/how-you-can-stop-global-warming<\/a> http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/05\/06\/us\/climate-change-strategies\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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