Approximately 100,000 marine creatures die each year because, according to statistics, they get entangled in plastic debris. And this isn't the only deathly way plastic affects animals. Sadly, humankind has gone too far in being indifferent to the environment and the consequences of its deeds. And the pictures below are just one more piece of evidence.
We need to reconsider the way we treat nature and hope that these pictures will ignite a little change toward nature’s good times.
Hermit crab using a plastic soccer ball as a shell.
credits: East News
Dozens of endangered storks standing on massive piles of trash which were dumped in their natural habitat.
credits: Carla Rhodes/Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News/East News
A monk seal is playing with a plastic bottle on a beach full of trash
credits: Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto/Bios Photo/East News
People cross a makeshift bridge over a sewage canal in Danapur, India. There are children playing next to it too.
credits: XAVIER GALIANA/AFP/East News
A black bear carrying a garbage bag, Canada
credits: EAST NEWS
South Korean military conscripts wear face masks to protect themselves against a wave of fine dust on January 14, 2019.
credits: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/East News
A man collects plastic and several other recyclable material from the shores of the Arabian Sea.
credits: AP/EAST NEWS/depositphotos.com
Pakistani mothers walk with their kids toward school alongside a road amid heavy fog and smog conditions in Lahore on January 17, 2019.
credits: ARIF ALI/AFP/East News
Indonesian boys collect items from a polluted river in Bojongsoang.
credits: TIMUR MATAHARI/AFP/East News
Goldfish and turtles are sold in plastic bags in Vietnam.
credits: EAST NEWS
One among the most heavily polluted areas in Nairobi.
credits: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/East News
A family wearing face-masks crosses a road during heavily polluted weather in Seoul on March 5, 2019.
credits: ED JONES/AFP/East News
Light pollution has become one of the primary problems of the 21st century.
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A campaign created by Greenpeace asking small and large businesses to reconsider the way they use plastic straws.
credits: EAST NEWS
A sea lion with a piece of fishing net around its neck.
credits: Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
A Chinese couple wearing face masks due to air pollution takes a selfie in Tiananmen Square during heavy smog in Beijing, China.
credits: Wang xin - Imaginechina/EAST NEWS
Children hunting frogs in polluted waters, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
credits: AA/ABACA/EAST NEWS
A boy looking out from a window of a house beside a garbage-filled creek in Manila
credits: AFP/EAST NEWS
A composite photo showing a dolphin playing with six-pack rings found in the middle of a huge patch of floating plastic garbage.
credits: Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto/Bios Photo/East News
A man who is swimming through trash in Manila Bay, Philippines
credits: Greenpeace / Gavin Newman
An over polluted beach in Hong Kong
Preview photo: Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto, East News
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