Some assert that an endangered species could hold beneficial medical secrets. Hence, nature must be kept pristine despite any harm caused to humans. We must halt activities beneficial to us, such as farming, forestry, cancer treatment, in order to safeguard fish, birds, trees, and rats. And environmental legislation, such as the ESA, provides government with massive powers to enforce such sacrifices. It's difficult to predict but certain environmentalists have expressed their preference.
Environmentalism makes man the endangered species.
Because governments are supposed to protect individual rights, not violate them, we should stop handing government the power to sacrifice people to nature, and demand that it relinquish any such power it currently wields. Furthermore, governments stripped of its power to sacrifice people to nature would have more resources and resolve to track these criminals down and bring them to justice. Glenn Woiceshyn is a freelance writer, residing in Calgary.