You need not look far to find the world’s “super predator,” a term
 used by UVic scientists to describe how human dominance has bred an
 unrelenting predacious global culture that threatens nature’s
 balance.

Research published in the Aug. 21 edition of the journal Science by a
team led by Dr. Chris Darimont, the Hakai-Raincoast professor of
geography at the University of Victoria, shows how extreme human
predatory behavior is responsible for widespread wildlife extinctions,
shrinking fish sizes and disruptions to global food chains.

“These are extreme outcomes that non-human predators seldom impose,”
Darimont and colleagues write in the article, “The Unique Ecology of
Human Predators.”

“Our wickedly efficient killing technology, global economic systems
and resource management that prioritize short-term benefits to
humanity have given rise to the human super predator,” says Darimont,
also science director for the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. “Our
impacts are as extreme as our behaviour and the planet bears the
burden of our predatory dominance.”

For the full article see 
The Ring article .