Need for the protection of forest and wildlife?

Habitat degradation and destruction is the greatest threat to wildlife. You are really not doing much to protect a species, if that species has no habitat to survive upon.





A good example is the Florida panther. Fewer than 50 survive now. Hunting was ceased 50 years ago. Yet the numbers decline. Draining wetlands, building roads, houses, and all those people have severely shrank what was once panther habitat. Now most mortality is caused by automobiles. Each of them lost further reduces the species chance of survival.





While protecting animals is cool and gets attention, protecting the habitat is a must. So, all you animal lovers out there need to be educated about habitat as well as animals.