Man exploits animals far more than any other creature on Earth
The University of Victoria in Canada study found that humans exploit fish populations 14 times more aggressively than marine predators such as sharks and killer whales.
The research showcases just how broad our collective influence on wild animals is. Previously, scientists have tallied how much more biomass humans take out of the wild than other predators.
How Humans Exploit Animals
Humans are the most dominant and influential species on Earth , affecting the lives and fates of millions of other animals . However, how many and which animals do we actually use, eat, or trade?
By analysing "use and trade" data on 47,000 species from the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List, the researchers found that mankind exploits up to 300 times more species than comparable predatory species like sharks or other mammalian predators.
Study reveals extent of humans' exploitation of vertebrates
Humans use many times more species than other comparable predators. For example, a Jaguar has nine prey species compared to 2,700 species used by humans over the same geographic range, while a Barn Owl has 462 prey species compared to 11,400 species used by humans over the same range.
Analysing IUCN 'use and trade' data for ~47,000 species, we show that fishers, hunters and other animal collectors prey on more than a third (~15,000 species) of Earth's vertebrates.
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