Wildlife Apocalypse

Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show #1263

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GUESTS: Judy Hoy, Wildlife Rescuer & Author of Changing Faces and Amazing Wildlife

Food Chain friend Howard Vlieger suggested that we feature wildlife expert Judy Hoy, writing… “Judy and Bob Hoy have run a wildlife rescue service for a long time up in Montana, and they know a lot about wildlife.”

When I touched base with Judy, I knew Howard was right.

Michael Olson Food Chain Radio – Wildlife Apocalypse?

However, when I suggested that we discuss the impact of pesticides on the wildlife she rescues, she immediately pointed to the smallest of wildlife, the insect.

Insects, Judy writes, are disappearing at the rate of 1.3 percent per year.   In the last 50 years 65% of them have disappeared here in the United States, and 80% in Germany and throughout South America.  Without insects, most birds can’t raise their young, amphibians have little to eat, reptiles have far less to eat, especially reptile young.  Many small mammals and some large mammals, like bears, badgers, and coyotes have insects as a major item on their menu.  They will all have far less to eat.  So will fish.  Insects are major pollinators for foods for humans.  Insects have been declining since the 1970s, about the time that Glyphosate began being used in agriculture.”

But just when Judy had me convinced to go with insects, she wrote…

“We would like to know if your audience has deer in their area.  Can they see antler buds on any of the fawns that were born last Spring.  Not one of our last year’s fawns have antler buds. Either they are all females or the testosterone levels in male fawns are completely out of whack. We would like to know if this is just in our area of Montana or more widespread throughout the United States. If the testosterone levels are that badly affected on male deer fawns, whatever is causing this is very likely affecting the males (especially the young males) of other species and possibly all or most males.

And so, we head off in two wildlife directions at once, with author and wildlife rescuer Judy Hoy, and the question…

COMMENT BELOW: Can people live without wildlife? 

Tune in here, for the syndicated Michael Olson Food Chain Radio Show #1263 February 13, 2021 Saturday 9AM Pacific

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