Are there any legitimate reasons human beings should NOT help protect endangered species?

Question

I would like both opinions and hard facts with sources, please.

Answer 1

"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."  -- Rachel Carson

There are species of plants we've wiped out in the Amazon rain forests that may have held the answers to curing cancer.

We've destroyed entires stocks of fish that might have provided insights into better storing blood.

If anything, the loss of a single species not only lessens us, but could usher in our own deserved extinction.  If we discovered that the China river dolphin (extinct now for two years) carried a cure for AIDS, would we have let it die off from the face of the planet?

We are all interconnected.  The sooner this becomes common knowledge among all of humanity, the better off all species will be.

Answer 2

Nature needs nothing from man. Our flora and fauna can exist without man. These endangered species can survive without man. Without them, man is at loss.

So let these innocent creatures be!

Answer 3

No.  We are all the poorer for every species that becomes extinct.

Answer 4

In my opinion, there is no legitimate reason for that. We are the ones responsible for making those species endangered, and we are the only ones that can undo our thoughtless actions. No matter how someone feels about a wolf, a crocodile, a shark or whatever, the truth is that is an apex predator. It makes me angry that people look down on these animals just because they kill. If they didn't kill, they would have nothing to eat. They are carnivores and no know other way of survival - they can't exactly turn vegetarian. In a world without these animals, the whole ecosystem would be disrupted, and in the very end we will have to pay the consequences of our actions.

Answer 5

In my opinion, there is absolutely no reason why humans should not prevent the extinction of a specie. The human race has been given the opportunity, as a superior specie, to stand for the rest that can't defend or protect themselves.

Justifying one's inaction for the reason that if we were in trouble animals wouldn't come to our rescue is selfish. Dogs & other animals have shown us that they can be helpful, even heroic at times. They don't think about whether it benefits them, they just do. And let's face it, most endangered species wouldn't even be on that list if it weren't for humans.

Mankind may have problems of its own, but that shouldn't stop us from being compassionate and understanding. Wars and crimes happen because of the lack of  these two. We all share this planet and we have a responsibility to help it along, endangered species included.

Answer 6

This is a very interesting question: Here is my answer.

there is only one reason when we should not save them. It is when we humans are near extinction. But there are a few reasons if humans are near extiction. One of them is that we have no more food because the food chain is destroyed since the animals are extinct, so survival on plants is not enough. So canibalism starts!! So we kill each other. And many die even more.

So, my conclusion is, we need them to survive. Sorry cannot help you with any answers.

Answer 7

Protecting endangered species is VERY important to me. Most of them are in pristine places or once was. These places are being bulldozed - Burnt off - polluted - cut down - radiated you name it. By protecting these species we are protecting ourselves.

God Help Us. We refuse to help ourselves

Happy Caving Carroll

Answer 8

Well you can always look at it from the side of a worker, farmer, logger, or fisherman.  Are you willing to tell that individual to starve their child, not build a house, not have a child that they want to have or in any other way not provide the lifestyle milllions of other americans enjoy (many of them probably writing answers to this question) so that we can feel good that we saved the cute animals but not the ugly ones?

Dont get me wrong, I want to ensure that we can live sustainably.  But to blindly say that we should save animals at the cost of humans is troubling and, really, quite a bit more cruel and short sighted.

Answer 9

you know that all humans these days are busy with wars and other stuff.

do you think that they care about protection of any endangered species.

they want to take care about them self's.......

that's it..!..!!!!!....?!

Answer 10

The only time we should let it happen is if it's happening naturally. But if it is something done at the hands of humans, then we should restore what we have destroyed.

As to Aaron's reply, your answer makes no sense. If a farmer farmed a species to death then they would be destroying their own lively hood. Plus we don't need to destroy animals to survive. That's just lazy dramatic thinking.

Answer 11

Ever heard of Charles Darwin?  Survival of the fittest.  If we (humans) were endangered, what species would help us out?