[PCA] The Big Questions: What is the point of saving endangered species?

De Angelis, Patricia patricia_deangelis at fws.gov
Tue Jul 21 15:25:30 CDT 2015


Read on - plants are mentioned too...

>From BBC Earth
July 15, 2015
Presented by
Michael Marshall

In 1981, mountain gorillas were at rock-bottom. Confined to a small
mountain range in central Africa, with humans encroaching on their habitat
bringing poaching and civil war,their population was estimated at just 254.
They would all have fitted into a single Boeing 747.

Today things look a little better. A survey in 2012 reported thatthe
population was up to 880. That is a big improvement, but it's still only
two Boeing 747s of mountain gorillas. They remaincritically endangered.

We hear similar tales of woe all the time, from all around the world.
Whether it's tigers, pandas, California condors or coral reefs, much of the
world's wildlife is under threat. It's initially upsetting, and eventually
just numbing.

Full story:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150715-why-save-an-endangered-species
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