Critically Endangered Animals should be sent to sanctuaries

I see, as I said before and as you stated Just now your thinking is predicated on the humanitarian notion that people should take responsibility for another species extinction " "almost all of the major reasons for animal extinction are because of humans". I am willing to accept that is true and that in regards to members of our own species we do have a responsibility to accommodate minorities and offer assistance in times of need, institutions do it all the time like with automatic scholarships to native Americans at universities or higher wages for females in a predominately male occupation. There are various causes for a species extinction - natural forces, Human interaction, Hunting, Loss of habitat, Pollution, Introduced Species. Earth has also already witnessed some of the largest extinctions even before the dawn of humanity " the Cretaceous, Triassic, Permian, Ordovician-Silurian and the Late Devonian mass extinction. Regardless of which cause brought a species to becoming endangered the reality still remains, that there is a cause for their endangerment, whether it be us humans, the earth its self or other creatures Why try and save a species that cannot naturally exist anymore, is your wish to have these creatures live their entire lives in captivity, in zoos, in reserves. That may work for a few species that do not require much maintenance or freedom, but why expend the effort? Is it because of your own guilt that we could not coexist? That their near extinction was entirely our fault and so forcing them to live is redemption? The human causes for endangered species are due to hunting, loss of habitat, pollution, and human interaction. The only way to revive a species is to either eliminate the threat to its survival or relocate it to another place where that threat is eliminated. Hence the idea for zoos and reserves, but how long does it last. Take the black rhino to a reserve to avoid poaching and the poachers illegally enter anyways. Take the last few thylacine to a zoo and they die from captivity. Therefore relocation won"t ever be successful as long as the threat still exists. And these threats are impossible to eradicate. According to the World Bank and CIA the global birthrate is approximately 19 per 1000 humans and climbing, is it possible to convince humans that the Siberian tiger doesn"t have an incredibly beautiful pelt? Is it possible to convince oil companies to stop drilling along whale migration routes? Is it possible to convince another species to stop hunting the platypus to extinction? Perhaps a better way of looking at it is simple " EVOLUTION, those that can survive will survive and those that can"t die out. Aren"t humans a part of this natural law as well? Thousands of species have been fighting against each other since the dawn of life on earth. Hundreds of thousands have gone extinct due to completion and natural forces. Is human interaction any different? when it comes to the survival of other species we must not interfere, their state (population) is due to their own actions and inability to adapt to new environments, even if that environment was created by us, even if their predators are human, being hunted to extinction is something even ancient species have had to endure. We have no right to interfere in the course of natural selection lest we begin selective mutation ourselves. What do mean by this? Well, what happens to whales raised in captivity? A zealous environmentalist such as your self should know the answer to this question very well. They deteriorate, they live shorter less fulfilling lives, creatures that used to roam hundreds of kilometers confined to a tank no bigger than a swimming pool. Lions that ruled the savannah like a king now rolling over for its next meal? They become domesticated, think about it, your cute little chiwawa is actually a descendant of the noble Wolf, which now lives its life constantly shaking due to its mutated form, now more prone to heart disease and killed by a single bite of chocolate? Is this your intention? To feel better about yourself you would force the wild into docility? clip their claws and call them poochie? just calm down my dear, it wasn't your fault their extinct. They were just destined to die, and you were destined to live. If you really wanna be mad at someone. Blame the god that set the rules for this game we call life. http://www.ducksters.com...