They're almost gone...



I have never seen one of these animals in the wild, and I doubt that the majority of WF members have either. The actual measurable impact their extinction would have on my life is exactly nil.
 
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeSMPESpxdA]George Carlin - Saving Endangered Species is Wrong! - YouTube[/ame]
 
joevis said:
99.99% of all species that have ever existed are extinct.
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Yes they are, but the average lifespan for those species was millions of years and that number would be higher if there were no asteroid strikes. Humans killing off species in a short amount of years is a completely different scenario.

99% of a type of shark in the Gulf of Mexico are gone because of overfishing. This has led to a massive increase in the kind of fish the sharks eat. These fish eat scallops and because of their higher populations they have now wiped out entire scallop areas. Everything is connected.



Are we seeing the last lions? - CNN.com

So who cares? Well, the first thing to appreciate is that the world's large predators, like lions, are not just a luxury for us to look at, to photograph, or to shoot. They are the most vital center point in many ecosystems. If we lose them, we can anticipate eventual collapse of whole environments, right down to the water systems, as prey shifts or migrations stop, and species overgraze and destroy the integrity of important vegetation, especially along rivers.

Erosion follows, rivers silt up, and fish die, all because we took out a few lions.

There is as great an economic need to preserve lions. In Africa an $80 billion-a-year business in ecotourism feeds parks, airlines, safari businesses, and local crafts and helps pump up economies important to the entire continent.
 
lulz I won't even go camping in my backyard let alone go to africa or some other shitty country. As long as there are still lions in the zoo this dude will not give one flying shit.
 
If they allowed lions to be hunted for sport, the species would probably make a recovery. The problem is that there is not enough economic incentive for humans to keep lions alive in the wild.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9-WeNXzTQ"]Can hunting endangered animals save the species? - YouTube[/ame]

Worth a shot.
 
jonas33h said:
lulz I won't even go camping in my backyard let alone go to africa or some other shitty country. As long as there are still lions in the zoo this dude will not give one flying shit.
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Top Ten Extinct animals
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egxsDenICpg"]top ten extinct animals - YouTube[/ame]
 
This is really sad. We the people spend more money on [CONTENT CENSORED reason: tomaszjot used phrase 'fried chicken'] or any other fast food than on animal protection :(
 
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