It is quite sad what happened to the passenger pigeons as such a plentiful and full species was annihilated entirely purely for our own needs and sport. One of the largest species that lived for nearly six million years was killed off in a few decades. As the direct cause of several species extinctions in our existence, I do believe it is our responsibility and moral obligation to repair some of the damage. As far as bringing back a species that has been gone for a long time, this raises question because ecosystems and species are constantly evolving, especially when a certain organism goes extinct, the environment must adapt. So bringing back say, the passenger pigeons, especially when they were at one point a dominant species, in such a short segment of time may prove to cause damage to ecosystems and further challenges than there already are. Our best option now is to protect the species that exist now, that we do now have the technology and the willpower to protect. It is not really up to us whether or not a species be resurrected.
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