News Headline
Meat-eaters may speed worldwide species extinction, study warns
Source
Science (AAAS)
Publication Date
2015-08-12
Diets rich in beef and other red meat can be bad for a person’s health. And the practice is equally bad for Earth’s biodiversity, according to a team of scientists who have fingered human carnivory—and its impact on land use—as the single biggest threat to much of the world’s flora and fauna.