> They'll think it's normal, which is the real tragedy, but that's been happening for generations already. Your idea of normal is not as rich as your ancestors'. Wasn't North America abundant with wildlife when the Europeans arrived?

I'm not sure what you mean. I consider my life to be substantially richer than my ancestor's lives. I live in Europe, not North Americal, but yes there was more wildlife around a couple of centuries ago. It would be nice to have that again, but i'd settle for something like the current fairly poor situation it it meant that my kids and their contemporaries don't have to risk being made into refugees by climate change, or face a future of water/food/energy shortages, failed states and frustrated potential.

Sorry I meant richness of the local ecosystem. Big mammals in particular.