Loss Of Habitat
It is said that humans are the only creatures on this planet who destroy their own habitat. I think it's true. About once a week I see evidence of this in my city. The city is dense with trees. The ever-expanding fringes of Mobile were at one time wooded. As suburbia intrudes in every direction but South, the habitats of thousands of animals and bugs are sacrificed for the sake of a few people. I know you are probably thinking, "What about prarie dogs and woodpeckers?", so hear me out. Forget beavers; we are the only ones who think they are destructive. I have removed more brook trout from beaver ponds than I care to count. These ponds are usually teeming with water skippers and leeches too. Prarie dogs can do a number on any field with their tunnels, but is that destruction effecting anyone but us? The only complaint against them has to do with us. They are capable of making land un-farmable. Animals in nature haven't figured out the whole farming thing yet, so ot...