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Do we really care about the extinction of species?
July 7, 2004 - 11:09 AM
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So,
as you can read from the Subject, do we really care about the animals as individuals. What are the reasons for doing all these experiments and studies on species decline and behavioural effects. A good example are studies done for species threatened due to pollution incidents. Do we undertake these studies for the benefit of the animals or do we do it for the benefit of humans so that we can have an idea of how humans would be effected and how human body would react in a similar incident. Because if it is the first option I believe that there should be more proactive measures rather than reactive as now. Do we just pretend?
I would be glad to read your opinions on the subject
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
July 7, 2004 - 08:00 AM
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People really want to save animals, you know.
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
July 9, 2004 - 02:54 AM
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I do not disagree with you, but the question is why do people want to save the animals? is it for the benefit of the biodiversity or not?
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
July 30, 2004 - 06:47 AM
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i care about extinction because i believe everything that is alive has a spirit. even a spider, as dumb as it may be, has emotions.
i cant stand that there are only a few thousand tigers left in the world, and yet people still hunt them for sport. i hate to think about what the world would be like without them, or without any cats at all. 
i cant honestly say that i particularly care for every species on earth, but i respect them.
so yes, people do care. well, at least some of us
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
June 6, 2006 - 10:23 AM
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well i think the reason why people use animals such as rats for testing is because they think that since there are so many of them, it doesnt really matter if 5 or 10 die :/
but it does matter.. animals have feelings too.
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
September 6, 2006 - 01:15 AM
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the extinction of species is controversial..
many people believe that animals were put on the earth for people to eat. therefore their demise is inevitable, right? in the bible, one? two? of each animal is saved from a flood, and otherwise definate death. so we are to save them for our own survival.
however, many of the problems that lead to potential extinction are mostly caused by people.
just an aside, if you think about it, people have turned the cow into a meat eater. isnt that bizarre?? anyways, i have no conclusion.
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
September 6, 2006 - 11:01 AM
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thought i should post this here .... If anybody wants to take a look and write an essay !
Endangered Species Act (ESA).
All contests are open to all full-time students of any nationality and
age, as well as anyone 25 or younger. Each contest awards $5,000 in
prizes. Submissions must have a minimum of 600 words and no more than
2,500.
The deadline for all contests is December 1, 2006.
aBetterEarth. org
Begins September 5. www.aBetterEarth. org/essay
Summary of Question:
Several national organizations wrote a letter urging the Senate to enact
changes to the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA). Using resources on
aBetterEarth. org and elsewhere on the Internet, and in an essay no
longer than 2,500 words (not including any footnotes or references you
wish to use), please address the following three issues raised by the
letter:
1) Assess the letter writers' allegation that the Endangered Species Act
has failed. What was the ESA's goal when it was enacted in 1973? By what
measures has the ESA achieved its goal? By what measures has it failed
to achieve its goal?
2) The letter argues that the ESA has "failed... because its incentives
are wrong." What are the incentives created by the ESA? And how have
those incentives affected the ESA's success or failure?
3) What approach to protecting endangered species would you propose?
What are the shortcomings of the approach you propose, and what are the
advantages? What alternative models in the United States or from other
parts of the world have proved successful? What, if anything, should be
done about the Endangered Species Act?
iLiberty.org
Begins September 18. www.iLiberty. org/essay
Summary of Question:
All policies have consequences. When evaluating legislation, we must
consider both whether the legislation achieves its intended goals and
what unintended consequences it may cause.
Think of a law, current or proposed, that is intended to make people
better off by preventing them from engaging in voluntary behavior that
may harm them. Does the law achieve its goal? What unintended
consequences may result from enacting or enforcing the law? Are people
actually made better off by the law? Are there other, less restrictive
ways to achieve the proposed goal?
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
September 6, 2006 - 11:02 AM
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cpntd....
aWorldConnected. org
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Summary of Question:
This year, the Hudson Institute's Center on Global Prosperity launched
its first Index of Global Philanthropy. The report comments on how
important immigrants are in the fight to end poverty.
Take a look at this LA Times series called The New Foreign Aid:
http://www.latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/remit/ la-fg-remit- special ,
0,7168068.special
How does private foreign aid, such as remittances, differ from public
foreign aid, the aid that is given by governments? Make an argument for
which type of aid you believe will help reduce poverty the most.
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
September 8, 2006 - 04:51 PM
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People in middle and high class society could really in middle class society care less, for because we don't interact with the problems in those food chains, being part of a domesticated one, we are not as effected. If we really did care about the well being of animals we would be dealing with global warming and our pollution destroying their environments, along with urban sprawl. And let us not forget that when a species is extinct there are also new species being created through evolution.
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
September 14, 2006 - 10:19 AM
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it doesnt seem like our society does, but i certainly do. its all us at fault bc of global warming, urbanization, and hunting. what should we do as young people to help something?? idk what to do, but i feel so bad... write me back soon.
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Re: Do we really care about the extinction of species?
September 18, 2006 - 03:44 PM
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med-green wrote:
People in middle and high class society could really in middle class society care less, for because we don't interact with the problems in those food chains, being part of a domesticated one, we are not as effected. If we really did care about the well being of animals we would be dealing with global warming and our pollution destroying their environments, along with urban sprawl. And let us not forget that when a species is extinct there are also new species being created through evolution.
I'm a little confused. Do you mean that people really are seperated from natural ecosystems and that evolution will replace extinct species, or are you saying that the general public believes this?
The truth is that we are connected. On land we use agriculture, but very little of our seafood is farmed. Also, scientists are constantly finding novel medicines in rare plants or animals. There is no way of knowing how many miracle cures have been destroyed by extinction before science could find them.
Also, you said "And let us not forget that when a species is extinct there are also new species being created through evolution." Understand that evolution is very slow, often taking hundreds of thousands of years for even slight changes. New species will eventually appear to take the places of extinct ones, but it will take eons for Earth to heal
If you said what you believe in your post, not trying to be rude just trying to correct common misunderstandings.
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