Environmental degradation in Missouri and across the country is taking a toll on wildlife. Plastics in the environment have been especially tough on local creatures. “Peanut The Turtle” from St. Charles has become famous after a plastic six-pack ring got stuck around her body and caused her shell to grow into a contorted hour-glass figure. Peanut was rescued by the Missouri Department of Conservation and has become a mascot for the “No More Trash Campaign.”
The Ozark Hellbender is endangered because of the pollution that has entered streams in the southern Missouri area. This awesome salamander was once in abundance in the rocky bottoms of the Current and Jacks Fork rivers. And why are bats having such a hard time now in our state’s many caves? Why are bee populations in decline due to what is called “Colony Collapse Disorder?”
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