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Letter: Why you should care and what you can do about extinction of species
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The Highlands to Islands Trail in Gainesville is pictured Monday, July 2, 2018. - photo by David Barnes
This month we received a detailed and depressing report. Compiled by an international group of scientists and based on thousands of scientific studies, it tell us that as many as a million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction. This is happening faster than at any time in human history, with many disappearing within decades. Some people will not believe this because it conflicts with the political opinions.