Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER

One of the biggest mistakes humans make is thinking we are separate from nature instead of part of it. People destroy ecosystems, disrespect animals, pollute oceans and forests, then speak about rising diseases, extreme weather, food problems, and instability as if these things appeared randomly. Nature does not negotiate, feel sympathy, or care about excuses. Every action has a response. The problem is that by the time humans finally notice it, the damage is already much harder to reverse.

In just the last 20 years, beef production destroyed global forests the size of California, mostly in the tropics Through tree loss alone (not including methane or feed crop production), this caused 3x the annual CO2 emissions of the US It's the cow, not the how

Conservation is sleep walking into disaster. Nature is in such peril it requires radical, creative and courageous action far above and beyond what the conservation world is offering.

Reading scores, 3rd graders to 8th graders, 2015 to 2025. This is a national tragedy.

Brazil's courts have ruled that dogs and cats are legally recognized as sentient beings, not property. The Sansão Law increased penalties for animal abuse against dogs and cats to 2 to 5 years in prison, along with fines and a lifetime ban on owning animals for offenders.