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Far Cry 4’s Attention to Detail / Fauna & Flora Charity
I was messing about today in Far Cry 4 when I happened across a poaching station. Ubisoft are usually incredibly good on attention to detail with history and real life facts, and this was no exception.
I figured I’d share these pictures with you so that you too can see why wildlife conservation is so very important. I’ve put the pictures under the cut, as they’re pretty grim (even for computer rendered models of dead animals).
Whilst it’s a horrible thing to come across, it served a purpose - I stopped and thought about how we are destroying our planet - and, since I nominated F&F this year, I figured I’m probably the best person to lead the charge on giving you some facts so you enter the livestreams equipped with some conservation knowledge!
In the last one hundred years, we’ve hunted three tiger subspecies to extinction. Out of the remaining subspecies, five out of the six are seriously endangered.
1020 rhinos have been butchered in South Africa since 1st January 2014, just for their horns.
Between 26 to 73 million sharks are harvested annually for their fins - although reports from 2012 suggest that it can be up to 100 million sharks.
Rainforests contain 40% to 75% of all biotic species on Earth - and that’s the ones we know about. Scientists estimate there may be millions of undiscovered animals and plants left to find in rainforests alone - however, between 2000 and 2012, 2.3 million square kilometers of forests around the world were cut down. That’s roughly the size of all of the states in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River.
Over 40% of species worldwide are estimated to be at risk of extinction.
Since 1998, the number of endangered species worldwide has more than doubled - up from 1102 animals and 1197 plants, to 3079 animals and 2655 plants.
This is why we’re supporting Fauna & Flora International this year - to help combat the needless destruction of ecosystems.
So, please make sure you donate this Christmas.