Here are 8 more biodiversity cartoons (with a human population focus, given recent events) for your conservation-humour fix (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here).
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Young red kangaroos grow up quickly where hungry dingoes lurk
We’ve just published a new paper showing that young red kangaroos (Osphranter rufus) protected by the dingo-proof fence take more time to grow up than their counterparts on the other side, who quickly outgrow the risk of being a dingo’s next meal. Our Flinders University/ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage study shows…
ConservationBytes.com 
While it is true that population is increasing, it is also true that 80% resources are being used by 20% of the existing population, Accd to UNESCO reports consumption activities are driven by Northern customers (US,Canada and like) while less than 15% is consumed by others.
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There is a lot about population here. Everyone seems to be talking about how no-one is talking about it (and hasn’t this been the case for many years in conservation circles?). I agree that it is an issue, but several cogent commentators would say that while we are talking about why no-one is talking about population, what we are not talking about is why no-one is talking about consumption. It may get alluded to, but it is never seriously addressed, and it plays just as large a role in our global footprint, whilst also having many implications for social justice and humanitarian issues. I would suggest that anyone who wants to comment on the population problem starts by reading something like this by George Monbiot – http://www.monbiot.com/2009/09/29/the-population-myth/ – just to keep their position in perspective.
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