Report: Global wildlife populations set to plummet 67 per cent by 2020

Madeleine Cuff
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WWF says food production one of the primary drivers driving staggering fall in wildlife numbers

By the end of the decade the number of wild animals in the world is set to have plummeted 67 per cent compared to the 1970s, according to a major new report released today by WWF and ZSL London Zoo...

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