The world's wild animal populations have shrunk by 69% on average since 1970 according to the latest report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). It is caused by habitat destruction, pollution and climate change.
This report is actually more serious because it takes data collected by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) from 2018 on the population status of 32,000 wild animals which includes 5000 in total. The population situation at this time may be more serious considering that more and more habitats have been destroyed since 2018.
Wild animal populations in Latin America and the Caribbean were the most affected with a 94% decline in five decades followed by the Asia Pacific chain which recorded a 55% decline.
The situation of the wild animal population in Malaysia is also getting serious with an estimated only 150 Malayan Tigers still alive in the national forest. The increasingly voracious deforestation without any effort to reduce it may cause the Malayan Tiger to become extinct in just a few generations like the Dodo, the Tasmanian Tiger and the Chinese Dugong. At that time the Malaysian football team may need to change its name to the Malayan cat.