All these extinction woes boil down to irrational fear that one day the wildlife will disappear from the planet.
Evolution itself works through extinctions. Number of extinct species are billions and billions. Species do not disappear leaving an empty space—their places are taken by other creatures. People who wish that a certain ecosystem and its species remain intact forever grossly contradict the theory of evolution.
To mourn a unique coloring pattern on a bird is like mourning a unique random number disappearing from a computer screen. It is only a loss if you believe that God planted a predefined number of species that can only go down from now. Unless we make the habitat useless to any bird at all, there will be new, differently colored birds, alright.
Evolution itself works through extinctions. Number of extinct species are billions and billions. Species do not disappear leaving an empty space—their places are taken by other creatures. People who wish that a certain ecosystem and its species remain intact forever grossly contradict the theory of evolution.
To mourn a unique coloring pattern on a bird is like mourning a unique random number disappearing from a computer screen. It is only a loss if you believe that God planted a predefined number of species that can only go down from now. Unless we make the habitat useless to any bird at all, there will be new, differently colored birds, alright.