California marijuana farms are putting local animals on the endangered species list
June 27, 2018
by Ned Dymoke
Marijuana is the only class-A drug with zero fatalities. But it's killing off a delightful forest creature in California's Humboldt County. How delightful, you may ask? Check this little guy out:
The Humboldt marten is a distant cousin of the common weasel, and by all accounts (i.e. a non-scientific study in the Big Think office wherein I invited people to look at the above video) is "totally adorable". The thing is: they're dying in large numbers thanks to marijuana farmers in the Humboldt area. Because of this, California recently announced that it was moving the Humboldt marten to the endangered species list.
https://bigthink.com/ned-dymoke/california-marijuana-farms-are-putting-local-animals-on-the-endangered-species-list
