ROUGHLY 30,000 SPECIES FACE EXTINCTION?!?

 

CIRCA 2009 -- THE RED TAILED HAWK SEEN HERE AT FULL CIRCLE FARM 
IS NO LONGER AT THE PETERSON FIELD -- DECIMATION OF THE LOCAL
GROUND SQUIRREL POPULATION IS VERY LIKELY TO BLAME
(THERE WERE INITIALLY 2 RED TAILED HAWKS PATROLLING
THE PETERSON FIELD WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN)

ALMOST 30,000 SPECIES FACE EXTINCTION BECAUSE OF HUMAN ACTIVITY

 By Jasmine Aguilera / July 18, 2019

Overfishing, hunting and land development have pushed more species closer to extinction, according to a new report. The Red List report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) found that 27% of the more than 105,000 species the organization has analyzed are at risk of extinction, a total of 28,338 different species. IUCN also found that no species on its list have shown any sign of improvement since it was last updated in December 2018. 

“Things are not getting better, they are getting worse,” Craig Hilton-Taylor, 

head of the IUCN Red List unit, tells TIME Magazine.

The Red List places the 105,732 species of plants and animals that it analyses into different categories: the number of species that are considered threatened fall into the categories of vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered. However, there are an additional 6,435 species that fall into the near-threatened category.

The endangerment of species is not only a critical issue for animal and plant life but can also have a detrimental impact for humans. “The future of humanity — food, fresh water, drinking water, clean air — is all dependent on maintaining the biodiversity around us,” Hilton-Taylor says. “We can’t afford to lose any of these species.”

GO TO: https://time.com/5629548/almost-30000-species-face-extinction-new-report/

LORD OF THE BURROWS 
by Kathleen M. Wong / January 1, 2008

A keystone species for the state’s grasslands, the California ground squirrel provides food and shelter to numerous other species. Golden eagles, coyotes, and rattlesnakes depend on squirrels for food, while rare amphibians like the California tiger salamander spend most of their lives in the squirrels’ burrows. GO TO: https://baynature.org/article/lord-of-the-burrows/

Note: I am the unelected; power usurping; self-appointed; unapologetic; unafraid ‘Mayor of Southwest Sunnyvale’ who initially brought the Full Circle Farm (FCF) to Sunnyvale through my valiant activist efforts. But while FCF was not financially solvent; they were better protectors of wildlife at the Peterson field than SCUSD.  I have been monitoring the keystone species California Ground Squirrel population at the field for over a decade and I see zero activity on the field lately coming into their breeding season. SCUSD farm needs to allow the ground squirrel populations that were forced across Dunford Way when FCF took over and allow them to connect with the original population to avoid inbreeding. While an entire faux wildlife habitat was created about a mile away at the Apple Spaceship; the naturally occurring wildlife populations at the Peterson field are being severely degraded by this invasive human activity and need to be fully supported and managed in a more natural fashion; not wiped out of their original territory like what is happening now.

TAKE ACTION AND EMAIL THE SCUSD TRUSTEES! GO TO: SCUSD REMOVES OWL BOXES INSTALLED WITH TAX DOLLARS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA @  
https://lreblogger.blogspot.com/2018/07/scusd-removes-owl-boxes-installed-with.html

It also must be noted that when the FCF initially bull dozed the Peterson field to make way for FCF; it essentially ‘pollardized’ the original ground squirrel population to the point where a ground squirrel actually popped up in a front yard of a newly deceased neighbor on Lillick Avenue about 100 + yards away (!?!) A neighbor who had helped with my campaign to protect the ground squirrel population at the Peterson field!?! Making this ground squirrel appearance rather unexplainable and  mystical; unless you consider the slight possibility that the ground squirrel was actually placed there purposefully as retaliation for his compassionate efforts. Probably not though. I saw it as a clear sign that he was being thanked for his efforts with the appearance of that ground squirrel. I understand how some may have a problem with this theory. Too bad. That’s what I believe happened although I cannot prove it. Furthermore; I suspect the knee-jerk reaction of some psychopathically leaning individuals may be to bring this to the attention of law enforcement even though most cops know absolutely NOTHING about wildlife conservation and/or have absolutely zero control over freedom of speech and expression and/or quite honestly don’t care. 

Beleive it or not; about a year ago I was driving along Dunford Way when out of the corner of my eye I saw a ground squirrel running along the ground by the cyclone fence along the roadway...I then looked again and it was gone. And this happened during the day of all things. From what I gather; some say spirits show themselves to you for a reason -- just like the ghost dog I saw running across the Peterson field one night a few years ago. So I kept this in the back of my mind; and you can consider this blog post to be inspired by that ghost squirrel I saw last year...I do not claim to understand what occurred...

And this is really all about the protection of humans as well in a roundabout way; as humans are essentially only protected as much as animals are -- therefore there is no other option than to protect all species -- human or otherwise -- as equally as possible to ensure a safe future for everyone...

The bottom line is; not only would that be a violation of my unalienable First Amendment rights; but it would also violate my basic civil rights as well; so just wipe that dirty little thought out of your heads. I already have an active case against the City of Sunnyvale that I will be eventually compensated for due to a decade of egregious civil rights violations; so don’t attempt to violate my rights any further because “Life; Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” – for humans or otherwise – and/or quantum civics -- including wildlife who cannot speak for themselves – is our inevitable future based upon the sins of inhumanity from the past; so get ready for this inevitable future... 

SEE ALSO: CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRRELS @ PETERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELD IN SUNNYVALE  https://lreblogger.blogspot.com/2017/10/california-ground-squirrels-peterson.html +
SCUSD REMOVES OWL BOXES INSTALLED WITH TAX DOLLARS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  https://lreblogger.blogspot.com/2018/07/scusd-removes-owl-boxes-installed-with.html +
ENDANGERED WILDLIFE HABITAT DESTROYED @ MISSION COLLEGE IN SANTA CLARA CALIFORNIA https://lreblogger.blogspot.com/2018/01/endangered-wildlife-habitat-destroyed.html

TURTLES @ THE PETERSON FIELD? CIRCA 2019 --
WE OWE IT TO OUR YOUTH TO PROTECT AND REVERE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ALL OF IT'S RESOURCES SO FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT...PLEASE DON'T DISTURB THE GROUND SQUIRRELS AT THE PETERSON FIELD EITHER PLEASE THANX!