Our decisions impact wildlife

The increasing amount of public land being appropriated for luxury home developments and green energy initiatives is affecting wildlife habitat, causing confused animals to roam into urban areas. Residents understandably panic, but we can’t blame the animals for trying to survive. Some of them may be searching for food in an environment that is becoming unfamiliar and hostile to them.

The aforementioned projects will also include the need for infrastructure and, in the case of the energy projects, landfills for the resulting toxic waste.

Wildlife are an integral part of our ecosystem which subsequently affects humans.

In trying to solve the issues of providing more housing for a growing population or mitigating climate change, let’s hope the solutions don’t become worse than the problems.