Extinction Countdown: IUCN Red List update: 17,291 species are threatened with extinction

We are living in the midst of a Mass Extinction Event and most people don't even realize it. There's even a name for it, the Holocene Extinction. We're losing bees, amphibians and mammals at an unprecedented rate. There are rumors of several countries building up reserves of various species to be kept in cryogenic stasis to try and keep them around. It's a very sick world we live in.