Landfills are taking up a huge amount of space, and they are starting to harm wildlife and their habitats. Brown states that these chemicals have started to runoff into water sources, therefore, killing animals (Brown par. 6). If landfills begin to contaminate areas where wildlife lives, then animals will start to die. Humans have to eat and drink to survive, and if toxic leachate starts washing in our agricultural fields and fresh water, the chemicals will start killing the food and contaminating water in America. The amount of toxins released from landfills are powerful enough to kill massive amounts of fish and other wildlife. In the article “Landfill's Future to Be Discussed,” the author talks about landfills having a terrible smell, noise, and amount of varmints (“Landfill’s Future to Be Discussed” par. 5).If the smell of landfills are terrible, then why is America placing them next to wildlife habitats? Individuals in charge of landfills should consider where to place these gigantic mounds of garbage and the dangers they bring wildlife and vegetation. Another obvious sign that the location of landfills is ill thought out is that now landfills are starting to appear near highways and largely populated areas. Landfills are extremely dangerous to wildlife but are starting to be strategically placed. If landfills are not taken more seriously, the population of specific animals will begin to dwindle due to the improper living conditions caused by landfills. With that, the article “Anniston, Alabama” states, “A new landfill must be built to meet a variety of specifications. The site needs to be near road and/or rail routes to allow for the convenient, safe, and economical transport of the garbage” (“Anniston, Alabama” par. 13). My own view is that the article is both right and wrong. It is great that landfill operators are starting to think about meeting specifications, but they are only doing this because traveling shorter distances is more convenient for the trash trucks. The great thing about the trucks not traveling as far, is the amount of pollution being expelled by the trash trucks is being reduced. If the trucks do not have to travel a long path, the chemicals will not leak onto roads, rivers, or streams. When the location of the landfill is closer to the road for convenience, landfill operators still do not care that landfills are placed next to a river or agricultural fields. The effect will still be the same, and plants and animals will still die. Deirdre Blanchfield editor of “Landfill” explains in his article that landfills were only placed in locations for convenience to the truck driver and to the landfill (Blanchfield par. 5). Landfills are increasing in size and starting to pollute and kill off America's wildlife. In order for landfills to stop polluting and killing wildlife, they would have to take more precautions that would eventually become more expensive.