I read this book 4 times in the course of one of my college classes. Meyer gives everyone so much to think about, and every time I reread the book a different point would catch my eye. Meyer's facts and opinions are depressing, there is no doubt about that, but he does bring up so many thought-provoking points. It's a very short read, but it is something I see myself returning to again and again over the course of my career in natural resources. The only thing I wish Meyer had spent time on in the book was how humans themselves could change "the end of the wild" - he spends so much time on listing all the bad things that are happening but fails to discuss arguably the most important factor in the equation: people and the world's rapidly expanding population.