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So in the spirit of that...

Left out the characters that are just jerks, evidently. Propaganda in case you need it:

Mr. McGregor: old farmer. Likes to catch rabbits and cook them. Is foiled repeatedly. The most recurring villain of the books.

Old Brown: tawny owl who is placated by squirrels with multiple offerings of food. Tries to eat Squirrel Nutkin (to be fair, Nutkin was asking for it) but ends up tearing off his tail instead.

The Trout: apparently a regular big fish with no signs of higher intelligence. Almost eats Jeremy Fisher. Doesn't like the taste of rubber boots.

The Foxy Gentleman: seduces and almost eats Jemima Puddle-Duck.

Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria: two rats that dwell in liminal spaces. Roll a kitten into a pudding and almost eat him.

Tommy Brock: badger. Gains Bouncer Bunny's trust only to stuff the rabbit's grandkids into a bag and abduct them to cook and eat later. Would have gotten away with it too, were it not for...

Mr. Tod: fox. Gets in a fight with Tommy Brock, during which Peter and Benjamin save the baby rabbits.

The Cat: regular cat, no sign of intelligence. Tries to eat our heroes.

The Ship's Cook: entices Little Pig Robinson onto a boat in order to fatten and cook him later (our hero escapes).

From the article:

“If you look only at the trend of species declines, it would be easy to think that we’re failing to protect biodiversity, but you would not be looking at the full picture,” said Penny Langhammer, lead author of the study and Executive Vice President of Re:wild. “What we show with this paper is that conservation is, in fact, working to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. It is clear that conservation must be prioritized and receive significant additional resources and political support globally, while we simultaneously address the systemic drivers of biodiversity loss, such as unsustainable consumption and production.”

This massive meta analysis (for those not familiar, a study analyzing the results of many studies on similar topics) found that the vast majority of conservation efforts show much much better results than doing nothing. In many cases, biodiversity loss was not only stopped but reversed.