Monsanto Has Killed 90% of Monarch Butterflies

The degrading monarch butterfly population in the United States hasn’t necessarily been a secret. Yet there appears to be broad lack of concern amongst the people.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has revealed that in recent years, the monarch butterfly population has declined 90% from a recorded population of 1 billion in 1996. Sure enough, Fish and Wildlife attributes these declining numbers to climate change, crop conversion, and you guessed it, agricultural practices, particularly the use of herbicides like Monsanto’s infamous Roundup.
Monarch butterflies rely on milkweed for survival, as it is the butterfly’s primary food source. Milkweed also serves as a host to monarch larvae which consumes the plant upon hatching. Roundup, being a weed killer, inevitably kills off milkweed, inhibiting food sources and depriving monarchs of a crucial element in their lifecycle.
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