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Originally Posted by HardDrive
Interesting how we have focused on animals in this thread. But the extinction of plants is a huge problem. The cure for cancer may have been a tiny flower growing in a suburban field, plowed under to make way for yet ANOTHER big box store parking lot.
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Or the presence of that tiny flower may have a causative relationship to a future/new plant or animal that is prevented from thriving due to its existence. So, preserving that tiny flower may be preventing a potential cure for cancer, but we don't know any better. We just "feel" like we should prevent its extinction.
Again...just playing devil's advocate a bit, but I have to say that I think we're a bit arrogant as a species to believe we can influence, or more importantly, should influence mother nature.