User:Turn685/sandbox

To do

 * Write Josephine Baker movies
 * Request deletion for big hair
 * Expand environmentalism (popular culture, present-day)
 * expand putumayo
 * Overhaul Art Nouveau ✅ sort-of done
 * expand exotic pets
 * reorder fathom
 * fix order of art movement template
 * gallery for AN furniture ✅

Human activities
Activities by humans can have an effect on animal populations in the wild. Humans can cause extinction of a species through poaching, overharvesting, pollution, habitat destruction, introduction of invasive species (such as new predators and food competitors), overhunting, and other influences. Explosive, unsustainable human population growth is an essential cause of the extinction crisis. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 784 extinctions have been recorded since the year 1500, the arbitrary date selected to define "modern" extinctions, up to the year 2004; with many more likely to have gone unnoticed. Several species have also been listed as extinct since 2004. One activity which contributes to extinction of species is poaching which is the illegal hunting of plant and animal species.

Currently, environmental groups and some governments are concerned with the extinction of species caused by humanity, and they try to prevent further extinctions through a variety of conservation programs and laws.