Let's cry for the birds that will POTENTIALLY die

Number of animals killed by Alberta oil sands:
164 animals in 8 years
Plus 500 ducks killed by landing in toxic water
Plus 500 ducks/swallows/other by a small spill
Equals 1, 164.

Source

This is a hugely tragic number, yes?



Number of animals killed on roadways (per year):
In British Columbia alone: More than 5, 500 a year (Source)
In Canada: "There are 4 to 8 large animal vehicle collisions every hour in Canada." (I'll do the math for you: that's approximately 52, 596 a year) Please note that this does not include small animals. (Source)
In the USA: "Extrapolating this data nationwide, Merritt Clifton, editor of Animal People Newspaper estimated that the following animals are being killed by motor vehicles in the United States annually:[6]

* 41 million squirrels
* 26 million cats
* 22 million rats
* 19 million opossums
* 15 million raccoons
* 6 million dogs
* 350,000 deer"
(Source)

In NSW (Australia): "2.5 million animals are killed on roads per annum in NSW not including small lizards, frogs or other invertebrates." (Source)

How big is 1, 164 now?

What were you comparing us to? BP? How many animals has BP killed? Right, about 85, 120 NOT INCLUDING SEA LIFE (which is very very very likely to be much, much, more than the number we have).



Let's continue.


Number of animals killed by the "clean energy" they want Alberta to convert to:

"It’s well known that on an annual basis, the minimum number of birds killed by wind turbines is around 30,000 [in the United States of America]."

So this number of birds is preferable to the less-than-1200? Yeah I guess that makes sense.

By the way, SOURCE.


Horse Slaughter:

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than 45,000 horses went to Mexico for slaughter last year, up from about 11,000 the year before." Source


Greyhound Slaughter:

"12,000 greyhounds are put down every year" Source





I could go on and on.

So why is Alberta the main focus of your wrath? Give me a break.