A
survey conducted by the UK’s Butterfly Conservation has found
under-average populations of the winged species across 100 sites in the
United Kingdom. Moreover, along with a loss of habitat and declines due
to pollution, three consecutive summers of wet weather have posed
difficulty for the delicate insects
to fly out to find nectar and foster their young.
Head
of monitoring at Butterfly Conservation Dr. Tom Brereton said that some
species could be lost forever if the country experiences yet another
wet summer this year.
European Commission also just released the
European Red List, which revealed that certain butterflies, dragonflies
and beetles are not only threatened in Europe, but are also at risk of
global extinction.
We thank Dr. Brereton, Butterfly Conservation
and European Commission scientists for highlighting the perilous state
of our butterfly and other winged friends.
Let us move quickly
toward more conscious and compassionate lifestyles to restore the
conditions for these wondrous species to flourish once more. As part of
her frequent endeavors to safeguard the lives of all beings, Supreme
Master Ching Hai again emphasized the need for action to alleviate lobal
warming during
an April 2009 videoconference in South Korea.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
Now, we all can see that nature is changing because of global warming,
and the animals are directly affected as well. The International Union
for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has a list called the Red List that
shows the species actually disappearing from the planet.
At the
end of 2008, the IUCN was monitoring a total of 45,000 species and said
that 40% were threatened with extinction. It is difficult even to
imagine this kind of loss.
Supreme Master Ching Hai :
We should all remember that we share this planetary abode, the water,
the air, the resources, the food, all of nature, we share only. We
should not be possessive of nature.
So, the best thing we can do for
the birds and all the animals is to stop causing suffering to them,
stop killing them, stop eating them, stop damaging all our habitats.
Stop damaging our environment.
Be veg, go green and save their planet too, the planet of the animals.
Thank you so much for all you have done and doing.
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