Wildlife and all that - Thumb up or thumb down?

[Kjertesvein]

I have been thinking lightly now and then, and would like some opinions.

I'm far from an expert, but it seems to me as more and more regions and countrys are becoming richer, thus demanding more and more like europeans (deam it!). Obviously China and India, but also Africa and latin america. However, the wildlife:

• Shark(90% gone) fins, whales and all kinds of sea animals for "asian medicine" or viking food.
• Poaching (sp?) of the great afican animals, the tigers and other majestetic trophy games.
• Herbs, flowers, and other delicate and jet to be discovered plants.
• Large field of trees to make way for wood, hamburgers and palm oil.
  
  • I'm assure you know more.

And absolutly nothing can hold this tide wave from crushing everything beneeth "our" feets.



My question is this:

1. Should we just admit that we really are on the top of the food chain. That this wild life will after we are gone -- will flourish once again. I'm not saying we should promote damaging it, but that we should just give the finger to Paul Watson?
2. Or are we cutting the hands which feeds us (and in what factual scope) ?

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If you answer: No - yes, then tell me also how you are contributing.

[Helm]

Preserving all these things would be more for our own and future generations benefit as you can't really replace something once it's gone, except perhaps with a few million years worth of evolution.

[Groundtotem]

I think that we should really invest in the wildlife and try to preserve it as much as we can.
We as humans need to really start thinking about what we are doing with our world.

Do we want our world to be a lifeless rock or do we want it to have a rich animal life?

I would presume the later is what most people want.

[Kjertesvein]

I think that we should really invest in the wildlife and try to preserve it as much as we can.
We as humans need to really start thinking about what we are doing with our world.

Do we want our world to be a lifeless rock or do we want it to have a rich animal life?

I would presume the later is what most people want.

People say this all the time, jet no one is going to spend cash on it. Nations are going to spring up: China and India is only at the beginning, jet many scientist claim as much as 90% of the shark population is gone (to name one thing). I say it's a pretty bleak picture.

Why bother having moral sympaty, if it's not going to have any effect on the outcome?

[Groundtotem]

People say this all the time, jet no one is going to spend cash on it. Nations are going to spring up: China and India is only at the beginning, jet many scientist claim as much as 90% of the shark population is gone (to name one thing). I say it's a pretty bleak picture.

Why bother having moral sympaty, if it's not going to have any effect on the outcome?

Yeah you are right, people talk about saving nature but they don't know how.

The easiest thing you can help with is money i guess, but where to send it?
All we can do is voiceing out opinions to the people in control but i dont think they will bother..