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The Turtle Dove and other species have declined in number drastically in the UK. Efforts are being made to keep them alive. Some species are responding. The turtle dove however has declined as much as 51%. Efforts aimed at the turtle dove are beneficial, but the numbers are alarmingly low. The whole species could disappear. 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...s-halve-uk

For some very endangered species survival is precarious. A little thing that involves loses can be all that is needed to send an animal on the path to extinction. For species like the turtle dove it is going to be close. As long as efforts to save them continue and nothing serious happens, they could still survive. We should never have let any species decline in numbers so badly. Their survival might come down to chance and luck. No species should have to rely on luck to survive.

I heard about this on the news this morning. It is truly sad. The UK is massively overpopulated; it has about the same population as France, but only one quarter of the land space. More and more houses get built on the diminishing countryside. There is talk of relaxing building rules, not strengthening them. So many species will suffer, as their trees, hedgerows, etc. disappear.

Quote:I heard about this on the news this morning. It is truly sad. The UK is massively overpopulated; it has about the same population as France, but only one quarter of the land space. More and more houses get built on the diminishing countryside. There is talk of relaxing building rules, not strengthening them. So many species will suffer, as their trees, hedgerows, etc. disappear.

I hadn't thought about the human population issue. If the numbers are that big then the land can't sustain them. Encroaching further on nature will only make things unliveable. Environmental rules and building rules need to be strengthened not weakened.
I can see that the turtle dove issue is part of a bigger problem. There needs to be some serious urban planning and land use evaluations. Humans need to be able to coexist with nature. 

I suppose this is all part of a global extinction crisis and the extinction crisis ties into climate change issues.
While we are busy not reacting and responding, the turtle dove is in danger of extinction. Sad.