Are we doing the right thing by trying to save everything on the planet? (Read further for context)

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I never really thought about it this way before, but recently in a documentary someone raised the question of “are we really doing the right thing by trying to save everything on the planet?” If you think about the history of the world and evolution it seems that to a certain extent species going extinct is a natural part of our world... dinosaurs, the wooly mammoth, and a bunch of other animals have gone extinct in the past and it seems sometimes for good reason. I’m definitely not sad that I’ve lost my chances of running into a T-Rex next time I leave my house lol.... 
but I also know species are going extinct at a far more rapid rate nowadays, and I am an animal lover and obviously want these animals to continue living. But how do we know which animals we should be trying to save from going extinct and which ones are really going extinct as a product of human interference? Are some of the animals we are trying to save supposed to be going extinct? How much human intervention should there be? What are others opinions? Should we really be trying to save everything on this planet or should we be leaving things alone?

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Rule of thumb: if human greed or hate is the reason a species is going extinct they shouldn’t be going extinct.

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Don’t save mosquitoes is all I ask. I’ve read studies that argue they add nothing to the ecosystem...they could be biased, but I don’t care. #downwithmosquitoes

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Saving the pandas was a waste of money and resources. As cute and fun as they are, there were other species that could have been saved that actually benefited their ecosystem.

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Humans are the reason animals are going extinct. We are destroying the planet and therefore destroying ourselves and animals homes, food sources, way of life, etc. We tear down trees, build/eat/use garbage laden with chemicals, liter the earth with loads of garbage/plastic... I could keep going but I’ll stop there. 
The answer is, yes. We should clean up the destruction we’ve created.

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Welllllllllll
Earth has a subtle ecosystem. If you throw a tiny thing as miniscule as a bee, we all starve. So yes, we should be doing as much as we can to save the earth.

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I think we should be doing everything to save as many as we can, because it still isn’t enough to save a lot of these species.
There’s a difference between the normal extinction rate and what happened w/ the dinosaurs, which is called a mass extinction. it seems like we are gearing up for one right now. There’s no way to know what “should” go extinct, thats the kind of thing that used to be up to the natural order.

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I think that humans absolutely have a duty to save animal species, plant species, habitats etc. Because collectively we are responsible for depleting animal populations, and the destruction of habitats. 
Climate change isn’t new for our planet, and neither is species going extinct, but human activity is accelerating both processes drastically. And I think we need to be held accountable for that. 
I also think, only humans have the ability right now to active rectify the damage done to the planet. And even if purely for the selfish reason of wanting to keep living on a stable planet, then we still need to work towards saving species that are vital to the ecosystem, and saving habitats that protect and nourish other species.

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Of course animals go extinct naturally, but humans are significantly speeding up that process, which makes us assholes.
We cant stop earths natural cycle, but we can stop contributing to the unnatural ways the planet is being destroyed.

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You could argue that women who cant naturally conceive should be using science to do so on that same point. And yet everyone will get pissed about that comment and not about saving anything else on this planet. :/

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I think we need to at least try to save the keystone species that would really affect ecosystems if they went extinct and then try to save the other species

Are we doing the right thing by trying to save everything on the planet? (Read further for context)

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