Pirate's Cove

So, people who took unnecessary fossil fueled flights to the ends of the earth for a climate vacation conference are telling us that taking unnecessary fossil fueled flight because they will Kill All Tigers And Gorillas (also mention in the article and report are “elephants in Mali, lions in the Serengeti and crocodiles in Malawi.”)

(News24) Several animal species including gorillas in Rwanda and tigers in Bangladesh could risk extinction if the impact of climate change and extreme weather on their habitats is not addressed, a UN report showed on Sunday.

Launched on the sidelines of global climate negotiations in Durban, the report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation shows how higher temperatures, the rise in sea levels, deforestation and excessive land use have damaged the habitats of certain species, especially in Africa.

“Many ecosystems have already been stressed by increasing population, historical and recent deforestation, unsustainable management practices and even invasive species,” Eduardo Rojas-Briales, assistant director general at the FAO’s forestry department, said at the launch of the report.

Wildlife migration may also lead to conflicts with humans as happened with the tigers in Bangladesh, Rojas-Briales said.

“Lifestock and even humans were attacked and of course there was retaliation by the local population, and the success that was achieved by protecting this species is now being reversed by habitat degradation,” he said.

As a side note, this is one of the things that drives me nuts about the AGW crowd: the loss of habitat and species is an actual real environmental concern, yet, the Warmists fold the real issues under the banner of the “climate change” hoax, instead of letting the issues stand on their own.

Katoe Pavlich at Townhall has more.

PS: something I forgot to add when I decided to make this a Picard post: don’t all the animals mentioned like warmer climates? They all live in warmer climates. Thrive. Evolved in them.