Top 'Sexually Satisfied' Cities To Receive 40,000 'Endangered Species' Condoms For Valentine's Day

The Center for Biological Diversity is distributing over 40,000 free "endangered species condoms” for Valentine’s Day, not only so couples can protect themselves but, also to help them consider the effects of human population growth to wildlife.

Staff and volunteers will distribute the colorful condoms at over 21 events in Austin, Boise, Columbus, Cincinnati, Chicago, Denver, Fort Wayne, Ohio and Salt Lake City, some of the cities listed by Men’s Health as the most sexually satisfied.

“You can bet a lot of couples in these cities will get lucky this Valentine's Day,” Endangered Species Condoms coordinator Sarah Baillie said. “But the more people we crowd onto the planet, the less room there is for animals and plants. We're in the midst of a heartbreaking wildlife extinction crisis, and safe sex is one important way to turn things around.”

These special condoms have colorful packages, each designed with an endangered species threatened by human population growth as well as a witty slogan. For instance, a package designed with a polar bear has the slogan “Wrap with care, save the polar bear,” while one designed with a horned lizard has the slogan “For the sake of the horned lizard, slow down, love wizard.”

Population Pressure And Habitat Loss

Sure enough, the human population has more than doubled in the last 50 years alone, while wildlife populations have been reduced to half. As of 2020, there are over 7.6 billion people on the planet, with the United States being the third most populated country.

Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing the sixth mass wildlife extinction, this time caused mainly by human activities. And as the human population continues to grow, so do the harmful effects of our activities. In fact, in 2005, the National Academy of Sciences reported that human activity is causing a wave of extinctions more than a hundred times greater than other natural causes.

“Population pressure, and the habitat loss that comes with it, is a key driver in this crisis. It's important to bring family planning into the environmental conversation,” Baillie said. “Endangered Species Condoms make starting that conversation easier, and they ’ re a more interesting Valentine than the standard flowers and chocolate.”