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in humans and it is passed many times from milk that comes from infected cows. The dry river beds and creeks, due to warmer weather pushes livestock to drink from water sources where infected wild animals drink and the infection spreads.

8. Yellow Fever - the dread disease carried by mosquitoes is back with a vengeance and is spreading to new areas as rain patterns and temperature change.

9. Lyme Disease - has effected white-tail deer and field mice through migration of the ticks that carry the disease to wider areas across America. Now more and more humans are being infected by the blood suckers. The wildlife migration is directly caused by climate change which cause wildlife to shift habitat ranges.

10. Rift Fever - found in Africa and the Middle East is a virus seen to be on the rise and causing a great problem to human health via food contamination. The increased temperature and lack of clean water is directly involved in the spread of this illness in animals and people.

Are you scared yet? You should be!

Your health depends on the health of the earth's wildlife and it is not looking well these days. The climate change in earth's daily temperature, rainfall and storms is having a big impact on the levels of contagion and speed of dispersement disease is infecting world wildlife. This in turn is a big warning to all humans that diseases we thought were conquered are rearing up again and new strains are more resistant to treatments used in the past.

www.worldwildlifeorg.com

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