London may be geographically remote from wild tigers, whale hunts and deforestation, but it's a thriving market place for illegally sourced wildlife products such as tiger bones, rugs and teeth, and even a huge brand new made-to-order polar bear skin rug.

Sarah Palin was photographed as she walked across the tarmac to meet John McCain after arriving in Allentown, Pa on Wednesday. A closer look at the cloth tote bag she had draped on her forearm reveals a moose head and the phrase "Real Women Hunt Moose."

At least 1,141 of 5,487 known species of mammals are threatened, with 188 listed in the highest risk "critically endangered" category. There is no long-term conservation strategy to prevent the extinction of endangered species in the future.

An increasing number of plants and animals are facing extinction due to pollution, poaching, habitat degradation and climate change. The number of threatened mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish has grown to 5,966, compared to 3,314 in 1998.

The fate of one of the endangered Arabian leopard remains a mystery. Once prolific across the Gulf, today the majestic cats are clinging to survival. This week, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classed the leopard "critically endangered.

Imagine what would happen to us if rainfall was a thousand times more than normal? What if rates of disease transmission for malaria or HIV/AIDS were a thousand times more than normal? That is what is happening to plant and animal biodiversity today.

Life on Earth is disappearing fast with man inflicting most of the damage. On land more species face oblivion because of loss of habitat, hunting and climate change while in the oceans pollution and the side effects of fishing are taking a huge toll.

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study. It puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion.

SARAH PALIN and the stealth attack of DOMINIONISTS -- be afraid, Palin is not a joke, but a danger

So where did Palin get her ideas,on global warming ?Where did she get the idea, that polar bears are thriving?It seems that Ms Fundamentalist-Hockey-Mum ,got all of her facts and figures, from the vested interests.