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Should we save the endangered animals?

If endangered animals or plants go extinct due to climate change, should we be concerned? Other animals and plants have gone extinct over the history of earth, if it's totally natural and uninfluenced by man should we try to prevent it? Entertain the thought though, if you possibly can, that global warming is natural, and the cause unknown (remember, at one time continental glaciers covered much of the northern hemisphere). So we could in theory not be influencing as we think. Imagine that the global warming is natural, should anything be done than to save endangered species?

Public Comments

1. well it's technically not natural. animals are going endangered because of global warming, habitat destruction etc. and this is caused by humans. saving the animals is the LEAST we can do!
2. There will be other kinds of animals discovered to take the place of the extinct ones. It is a natural phenomenon that the earth has experienced since the beginning of time. Global warming is not anything you should worry about. It is a scare tactic for todays world, just like people predicting the worlds end tomorrow. Ha It's time to worry about other things that we have control over, like our lives and the people who are trying to kill us with pesticides in the air, water, and food we eat. Many of the ingredients in our everyday products are filled with unsafe chemicals. Why do you think that cancer and other diseases are running rampant in the world. Hope I don't depress you too much. LOL
3. Global warming currently is two fold. We know that Earth should be warming currently anyway, but man is putting CO2 into the atmosphere which is a greenhouse gas, so we have influence the climate as well. I think that if naturally, the species simply can't survive, there is no use protecting it, but if it is because we shot too many or we build over too much of their land, it's the least we can do. It's a very sore subject though... What is the right answer? We don't have one currently. It would be a shame to not be able to see a polar bear travel across a frozen arctic anymore though, in my opinion.
4. absolutely!!! A lot of them are going extinct because of things man has done. Not because of natural things.
5. Endangered animals are not going endangered because of global warming. Throughout the earth's history, animals have gone endangered to extinct over and over and over and over and over again. It's part of evolution, its part of nature and it is just a fact of life. If there are species which are going endangered way before their time is up and it is because of direct conflict with humans than yes I am willing to save them. But if they are going endangered because a disease woke up and targeted them, or they can't compete with similar species within their own habitats or if it is just their time to go then I believe humans should just suck it up and sit back and watch what mother nature can do. If we just did that, once, I think we could learn a lot. It would show us how vulnerable we are to heading in the same direction. What if all of a sudden an ancient strand of virus woke up and just began eliminating the human species? Who will save us then? It's just mother nature at her best. We humans think we can control the universe, and control destiny. Things happen for a reason, and the extinction of species is a damn good reason. It allows something better, and more suited for a particular environment to come along and manage that environment. Every species on this planet manages their environment in some way or the other. It's just a matter of who does the best at it, and who does the worst at it. That's when extinction kicks in. Sorry to upset most of you with my "cruel and evil words". But I think you people should just start thinking a little bit better. Oh...global warming is natural too. Why can't anybody just accept that? Look at the geological evidence, and evidence in old species of trees. ITS PLAIN AND CLEAR THAT GLOBAL WARMING HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST! We are just due or overdue for another climate change. Another great mystery of humans is why we think we know everything and can't accept life in general...