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    About 1 in 3 vertebrate species is used, eaten or traded by humans, study finds

    by Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times Jul 31, 2023 3 minutes
    A meager pile of small to medium sized fish is caught and spilled out on the deck, to be organized into plastic baskets after the net is retracted from the sea, on the Subuh, a fishing boat out at sea for a 24 hour fishing expedition, off the coast near Gaza City, Friday, May 28, 2021.

    A cheetah pouncing on a gazelle. A bear snatching a fish out of the water with its claws. And the most dangerous predator of them all? A human and their pet bird dancing to Gangnam Style.

    Scientists who set out to quantify humanity's impact on our 46,755 fellow species have found that we are the most prolific exploiters of animals — by far.

    Compared to wild predators that have roughly the same body size as us and have similar appetites, we capture or kill

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