Wierdosity off the scale, captain

[andrewducker]

Cheers to laserboy for sending me a link to this article about conservation efforts for the wierdest animals (i.e. those with the least close relatives).

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[andrewducker]

If I feel an emotional attachment to something then I don't want it being killed. Is that _really_ such a hard thing to understand?

I don't like spiders, and would happily see them eradicated from the planet. I like kittens, and wouldn't like bad things to happen to them. It's really not terribly complicated...

[ninox.livejournal.com]

No it isn't a hard thing to understand.

I own a guinea-pig & rabbit, I have eaten rabbit before and if in Peru I might consider eating guinea pigs. I would never consider stewing Bungee & Merlot, because of personal attachment.

It wasn't precisely what I was getting at. More having a whine that humans like playing god with species.

Why save one species over another?

Cuteness or should I say media image, to me doesn't seem the best or most logical way to decide a fate of a species; but in reality it very often does. I would prefer more balanced condsidered choice.