Pros And Cons Of De-Extinction

Should Extinct Species Be Brought Back to Life? Imagine ten or fifteen years from now, you are walking through the Bronx Zoo and you see a Wooly Mammoth, a Tasmanian Tiger, a Pyrenean Ibex, and a Passenger Pigeon. How cool would that be? Over the past few decades, many people have fantasized about reviving extinct species long before Hollywood even embedded this idea into our collective consciousness with the 1993 blockbuster, Jurassic Park. Ever since, there has been lots of controversy about the idea of de-extinction. Many believe that de-extinction is a good and beneficial idea for the earth, while opponents argue the opposite. Today, many scientists and medical researchers are closer than ever to bringing back deceased species. So the

Many conservationists believe that these extinct species should not have gone extinct in the first place. All of humanity’s wrongdoings led to the extinction of many of these species. Many conservationists have pointed out that if we start bringing back extinct animals “we won't learn our lesson - it will give us an excuse to continue with our unsustainable ways” (Jangra). The fear is that it may allow groups and organizations to continue hunting the species in the belief that any creature that becomes extinct can be reengineered. Conservationists describe that we can redeem ourselves by working on saving animals that are threatened or endangered: “There are so many endangered species and ecosystems that need our attention. The emphasis on de-extinction methods are more costly than those required to conserve the endangered species and habitats. Our focus should be on what is in front of us” (Jangra). Opponents of this issue believe that the revival of extinct species will draw our attention away from the species that are in desperate need of saving and are potentially on the brink of