Taking away time and money from specific needs for something that isn't very necessary, wouldn't really be ideal for a lot of us. Many people think that de-extinction is a bad idea and that it's wasting time. They also think it has scientists distracted from actual problems at hand. But on the other hand some people actually think that de-extinction could be beneficial for Earth and can be used as a good source of education, but students probably won’t care that much. Especially if they are older when learning about it. De-extinction is taking a lot away from us and it's not good, scientists definitely should not go through with this plan. De-extinction is a very bad idea and not very useful, here are the reasons why. One major reason is
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People think that bringing these animals back might have an impact on students who are learning about these animals or children who are curious about the animals regardless of school or not. This reason could be right because it might teach students more to go see the animals in person and be able to be exposed to more detail about the animals instead of just looking at a tiny picture of that animals on the bottom of a text book page. At the end of his article, Zimmer acknowledges “‘What intrigues me is just that it’s really cool,’ Greely says. ‘A saber-toothed cat? It would be neat to see one of those.’” (Zimmer 145). Having these rare species of animals will attract more business to the zoo's. This reason is weak because a zoo might not be the best place for these animals to be, they should be kept in well maintained areas that are blocked off from human interactions, other than scientists of course. Although if the animals do attract more people to zoos then they will be able to make more money. Stewart Brand, from Long Now Foundation, points out “They will drag their parents to zoos to see the woolly mammoth and growing populations of captive-bred passenger pigeons, ivory-billed woodpeckers, Carolina parakeets, Eskimo curlews, great auks, Labrador ducks, and maybe even dodoes” (Brand 64). That once people are exposed to the reality of how much these animals are actually fighting to survive, then they will be inspired to help out. This reason can be right but it is also weak because how much can we really do to help, at first people might try to help a little bit but as time goes on, they will get bored and kind of sit back and watch the scientists do the work while they cheer them on and keep saying they will try to help. Brand implies that “When a creature goes from rare to common and you watch that
People think that bringing these animals back might have an impact on students who are learning about these animals or children who are curious about the animals regardless of school or not. This reason could be right because it might teach students more to go see the animals in person and be able to be exposed to more detail about the animals instead of just looking at a tiny picture of that animals on the bottom of a text book page. At the end of his article, Zimmer acknowledges “‘What intrigues me is just that it’s really cool,’ Greely says. ‘A saber-toothed cat? It would be neat to see one of those.’” (Zimmer 145). Having these rare species of animals will attract more business to the zoo's. This reason is weak because a zoo might not be the best place for these animals to be, they should be kept in well maintained areas that are blocked off from human interactions, other than scientists of course. Although if the animals do attract more people to zoos then they will be able to make more money. Stewart Brand, from Long Now Foundation, points out “They will drag their parents to zoos to see the woolly mammoth and growing populations of captive-bred passenger pigeons, ivory-billed woodpeckers, Carolina parakeets, Eskimo curlews, great auks, Labrador ducks, and maybe even dodoes” (Brand 64). That once people are exposed to the reality of how much these animals are actually fighting to survive, then they will be inspired to help out. This reason can be right but it is also weak because how much can we really do to help, at first people might try to help a little bit but as time goes on, they will get bored and kind of sit back and watch the scientists do the work while they cheer them on and keep saying they will try to help. Brand implies that “When a creature goes from rare to common and you watch that