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"an abomination if that animal is not allowed to run free in their original habitat" So I'm abusing my kids if I don't air drop them in the Rift Valley in Afri

• ChuckMcM 10y ago
  That is of course the logical extreme of the argument. I too don't agree with it, and wonder what will happen when we discover a species that has evolved to live only in EPA Superfund sites, do we destroy its habitat by cleaning up the pollution or do we preserve the species and leave the planet polluted? Both arguments speak to the futility of arguing staticism in an evolving world.
• crpatino 10y ago
  No, because humans were not meant to be cut off from their community and dropped in the wild. Human children, in particular, are less prepared to cope with the dangers of being isolated early in life, compared with the way other mammal species are. Your example is about as accurate as saying that the circus owners are abusing their animals by not paying them a fair wage.