
I recently watched a video that was shocking, angry, and heartbreaking.
Masks that saved human lives are undergoing a mass murder in which tens of thousands of marine animals are being victimized.
1 million animals are suffering from the same way of dying, dying from masks!
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In September 2020, a penguin in São Paulo, Brazil, was washed onto the beach, it was too thin, and its body was directly covered by mud and sand.
In its stomach, scientists found a complete N95 mask, the mask is in its stomach, can not spit out or digest, it is starved to death.
A pufferfish with a bulging belly, wrapped around a mask rope, is flatulent, it is saving itself, but the more it is inflated, the tighter it is strangled.
The mask strangles the macaque's neck, and it will eat it by mistake and die.
The most painful thing is that no matter how many times they are injured, animals simply cannot recognize danger, and they cannot distinguish the difference between masks and food.
Just like the little dolphins that can't distinguish between squid and gloves, whales that eat plastic by mistake.
One of the most heart-wrenching whales, which crashed into the Norwegian coast continuously, made up its mind to commit suicide.
Until its death, it was found that there were 30 stuffed plastic bags in its stomach, the longest of which was 2.5 meters, and every minute and second of its life was torture, and finally evolved into a tragic suicide.
Every year, 8 million tons of plastic are poured into the ocean, and every minute, a truckload of plastic is poured into the sea, and plastic is the first killer of marine life.
Masks are also a form of plastic, and now it has become the biggest killer.
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Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in the world at the end of 2019, masks have changed from a scarce commodity to a necessity of life.
Home life, office, travel, etc., but wherever it is needed, there are reserves, and it is used as you go.
Trash cans, roads, fields, villages, rivers, everywhere it is discarded figure, just a few hundred meters to see 5-6 is the norm.
Nowadays, masks have become a common common household waste.
Seriously, masks thrown away by humans are pouring into the ocean, and the 7 major rivers in Europe and one-third of the beaches in the UK are all masks.
The Guardian issued a serious warning that it would not be long before there were more masks than jellyfish in the Mediterranean.
Even uninhabited islands have discarded masks. In Hong Kong's Sogo Islands, 70 masks can be picked up within 100 meters, all of which were washed up by the waves.
And all this, for those of us who are busy with livelihood and living in the city, cannot be seen. For things that are not seen as believing, it often makes people feel that it does not exist.
Here I borrow this warning from the representative of marine conservation organizations:
Today you think it's okay to lose a mask, tomorrow you're probably a murderer.
Everything starts with a small evil until it accumulates into an evil that human beings cannot afford.
So far, we have always been in the posture of masters, unrestrained, arrogantly living on this earth.
We have ignored it for too long, we are with other animals, living on the same earth, all life is equal, enjoying the same kind of respect.
Heart-warming stories are happening on Earth at any time.
The fisherman helped the little dolphin cut open the fishing net that was wrapped around it, and it danced with its mother on the surface of the sea to thank him.
The little seal's plastic rope was cut open by the rescue team, and it looked back at the people around it, with a look of half curiosity and half gratitude.
The most touching scene, the penguin who was once rescued by the grandfather, is lonely, not afraid of the distance and hardships of the road.
Every year, I swim 8,000 kilometers and cross the ocean to come back to accompany my grandfather, which has persisted for 10 years.
Touching, people ponder, how should we cherish this emotion that crosses mountains and seas and crosses species? What should human beings, as the spirits of all things, do for the weak ones?
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The earth is the common home of human beings and other animals, plants and marine life.
The global greenhouse effect accelerates glacier melting. The white polar bear, which was getting thinner and thinner, was holding a toddler in its arms, curled up on a small piece of ice floes waiting for the ark.
At opposite ends of the globe, sighing penguins and polar bears are pleading with tears again and again.
In modern cities, a large amount of industrial wastewater, garbage, and plastic bags are discharged into nature, and endangered natural animals and plants are accelerating their extinction.
According to the WWF's "Extinction: We Won't Make the Earth Red", the current rate of global extinction of plants and animals is 1,000 times faster than the rate of natural extinction.
Today, the world is in the midst of its sixth mass extinction, with about 1 million species of plants and animals facing extinction. The number of Hawaiian monk seals has dropped from 1,000 to triple digits and has now dropped to zero.
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The ocean can no longer bear one more mask, it has already borne too much.
A marine mammal centre worker in 2021 said: "Not a single animal has escaped mask pollution this year. ”
The earth is the only home for human beings to survive, and it is imperative to improve the living environment of the earth and save endangered species.
From today, from now on, let us all be one of them.
Do not do evil for the sake of being small, and do not do it with the smallness of good.
Today, when masks are approaching the life-and-death line of animals, we must do something.
For example, before throwing away the mask, cut off its straps and throw it in the trash can, or fixed recycling bin.
These actions only take one second, and everyone's one second, when combined, can save lives.
Save the lives of animals that may be suffocated, starved to death, poisoned.
The sudden outbreak of the new crown epidemic that mankind is experiencing has brought the world's economy to a standstill, and the lives of people have been ruined.
Ironically, animals have become the ultimate victims of this catastrophe, and humans have left them with the most terrible after-effects of the new crown, and they are dying.
*Images are from the Internet
I was thinking that if animals could also speak, the cry for help might have been deafening and resounding through the sky!
I hope that this article will be touched by your heart at the same time as you see it! Start with the little bits, take action, save them...