Assertion: great auk | /r/CapableOf | become threatened
Facets:
value: in the first place
type: TEMPORAL
value: with extinction
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: And quite frankly, while I am indeed angered and frustrated by and at the fact that massive overhunting caused the Great Auk to become seriously and critically endangered and threatened with extinction in the first place, the salient fact that the final extinction of these magnificent birds was seemingly due to museums and collectors demanding stuffed specimens and eggs for their collections and displays, that just fills me with a massive and all encompassing rage (for while the eventual utter demise of the Great Auk might indeed have been unavoidable by the 1830s, the sad truth remains that the last Great Auks met their dooms, were slaughtered to cater to the increasing and lucrative demand for rare wildlife, sadly ironic and simply disgusting at the same time).