20 Things That Would Happen if Humans Disappeared From Earth Overnight

While other animals will thrive

While some animals will die without being fed, others will escape their now defunct electric enclosures and run amok. Stronger predators will hunt and kill weaker animals while domestic dogs and cats will start running in packs, picking off smaller and slower creatures. Within weeks, small dogs such as pugs or terriers whose survival instincts and features have been bred out by humans will have been killed off by larger creatures.

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