When to keep conserving a species?
March 16, 2010
“Should we be trying to save the dodo?”
It seems like a ludicrous question given that the dodo has been extinct for several hundred years. However, the decision to give up on a species can be complicated and full of uncertainties and seemingly arbitrary criteria. A team of Australian researchers is working on at least one frame to bring to the process.
You can read about their work in the article linked below:
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100312/full/news.2010.120.html
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Wow! That is certainly a complicated way to figure out whether to keep helping a species or not. It is a helpful way of looking at it though. As Christians it is further complicated by the fact that each of these species is valuable in the eyes of God. When do you stop trying to save one of God’s creations?