Jolene
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Deforestation has been a highly controversial topic for many years. Every day, vast areas of woodland are torn down to make room for urban development. You're probably aware of the environmentalist viewpoint regarding this matter: that it's wrong because it destroys animal habitats, making it difficult for those animals to survive. In recent years, councils have been taking measures to minimalize the damage that deforestation does to the wildlife, and as such many animal lives have been spared. However, that still leaves us with one other problem, a problem which I feel has gone unaddressed for far too long: fairies.
As you may know, 90% of all the world's fairies make their homes in woodland areas. They live inside little mushroom houses and inside hollows of trees, and they spend their days playing among the flowers of the undergrowth. The woods are absolutely vital to their society, as they provide fruits for them to eat and pollen for them to make fairy dust with. Without these things, fairies wouldn't be able to survive.
It seems babaric, then, that humans don't take their viewpoint into consideration when cutting down woodland areas. There are currently no measures in place to protect fairies from the process of deforestation, and most councils aren't planning to change their minds about this at any point in the foreseeable future.
In 1978, deforestation overtook saying "fairies don't exist" as the number one cause of fairy deaths. It is estimated that 20,000 fairies die every week due to deforestation, but that number only takes into account fairies who die during the initial deforestation process. The ones who survive are subjected to an even more tragic fate, as they are forced to try and survive outside the confines of their woodland home. This is very difficult for them, as the polluted atmopshere which we humans have created can make fairies seriously ill. On top of that, most fairies who live outside the woodlands lose their wings due to acidic rain, which melts them off. This makes it diffiuclt for fairies to find food, so often they die of starvation.
The reason why councils choose to ingore these startling issues is as yet unclear. However, you can change things. By building a fairy garden, you can provide the poor homeless fairies with a place to live. They will thank you by making your home and garden a better place with their magic.
What are your thoughts on this issue?
As you may know, 90% of all the world's fairies make their homes in woodland areas. They live inside little mushroom houses and inside hollows of trees, and they spend their days playing among the flowers of the undergrowth. The woods are absolutely vital to their society, as they provide fruits for them to eat and pollen for them to make fairy dust with. Without these things, fairies wouldn't be able to survive.
It seems babaric, then, that humans don't take their viewpoint into consideration when cutting down woodland areas. There are currently no measures in place to protect fairies from the process of deforestation, and most councils aren't planning to change their minds about this at any point in the foreseeable future.
In 1978, deforestation overtook saying "fairies don't exist" as the number one cause of fairy deaths. It is estimated that 20,000 fairies die every week due to deforestation, but that number only takes into account fairies who die during the initial deforestation process. The ones who survive are subjected to an even more tragic fate, as they are forced to try and survive outside the confines of their woodland home. This is very difficult for them, as the polluted atmopshere which we humans have created can make fairies seriously ill. On top of that, most fairies who live outside the woodlands lose their wings due to acidic rain, which melts them off. This makes it diffiuclt for fairies to find food, so often they die of starvation.
The reason why councils choose to ingore these startling issues is as yet unclear. However, you can change things. By building a fairy garden, you can provide the poor homeless fairies with a place to live. They will thank you by making your home and garden a better place with their magic.
What are your thoughts on this issue?
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