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Extinction: The Facts

Last year, when Covid-19first emerged, pangolins were pointed to as apotential source of...

Last year, when Covid-19
first emerged, pangolins were pointed to as a
potential source of the virus

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Last year, when Covid-19 first emerged,
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pangolins were pointed to as a potential source of the virus.
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9 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:44
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
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BBC Studios

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With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
And everybody hoped that this would cut down the trade straight away, - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
And everybody hoped that this would cut down the trade strai...
The trade is highly profitable and it's unlikely to stop. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
The trade is highly profitable and it's unlikely to sto...
There are four Asian pangolin species and four African. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
There are four Asian pangolin species and four African.
And all eight species are threatened with extinction. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And all eight species are threatened with extinction.
There is another huge trade that is driving - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
There is another huge trade that is driving
We have created a database that has world fisheries statistics, - Extinction: The Facts 00:18
We have created a database that has world fisheries statisti...
In the last 40 years, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
In the last 40 years,
At any one time, there could be as many as 100,000 trawlers - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
At any one time, there could be as many as 100,000 trawlers
Modern fishing is an industrial operation run by huge corporations, - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
Modern fishing is an industrial operation run by huge corpor...
Some sweep up the ground with a net that might be as big as this house. - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Some sweep up the ground with a net that might be as big as ...
And you can put four jumbo jets in the mouth of a big trawl. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And you can put four jumbo jets in the mouth of a big trawl.
And everything that is in the path goes in. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
And everything that is in the path goes in.
The problem is, as you remove more and more of the adult fish, - Extinction: The Facts 00:14
The problem is, as you remove more and more of the adult fis...
There are ways of sustainably managing fish stocks. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
There are ways of sustainably managing fish stocks.
Reducing fishing in an area can get a population back - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Reducing fishing in an area can get a population back
But you have to choose whether you want to extract - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
But you have to choose whether you want to extract
And we have always opted for the big catch for a short term. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And we have always opted for the big catch for a short term.
Even where fish quotas are put in place, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Even where fish quotas are put in place,
And in some parts of the world, - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And in some parts of the world,
The waters around the edge of fishing countries - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
The waters around the edge of fishing countries