“Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 12 Dec 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Global estimates of the polar bear population show either a modest decline or virtually no change. Whale populations are not close to recovering fully. Experts and scientific data show that koalas are vulnerable.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 January 2022, 39 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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