Cheetahs Heading Towards Extinction as Population Crashes (bbc.com)

The sleek, speedy cheetah is rapidly heading towards extinction according to a new study into declining numbers. From a report on BBC: The report estimates that there are just 7,100 of the world's fastest mammals now left in the wild. Cheetahs are in trouble because they range far beyond protected areas and are coming increasingly into conflict with humans. The authors are calling for an urgent re-categorisation of the species from vulnerable to endangered. Cheetahs in Asia have been essentially wiped out. A group estimated to number fewer than 50 individuals clings on in Iran. [...] In Zimbabwe, the cheetah population has fallen from around 1,200 to just 170 animals in 16 years, with the main cause being major changes in land tenure.

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Re:So overpopulation is not an issue?

[Wargames]

Overpopulation is overrated. There is plenty of space for 50 Billion on our little Earth-egg if we manage it and stop wasting lives and resources on violence. We can warm up our planet so that sparsely populated arctic and antarctic lands become comfortable or adapt to cold weather. Reserve a whole continent (warm Antarctica?) for wild animals and very few humans. With 50 billion people there is bound to be a few Einsteins that can figure out the details. There are zillions of planets out there to live on and we aren't even cramped enough on Earth yet to pop.

As far as extinction goes, as long as we don't make ourselves extinct, even the dinosaurs aren't extinct. If we continue down our current path of understanding genetics we will one day learn to make Chetahs and other wild animals from scratch.

Right now we need to save ourselves from stupid violent humans. The violence needs to stop now. Imagine.