There's a Radiolab episode about a subspecies of butterfly that only lives on and around this one US military base, and the 20 years of effort one ecologist spe

There's a Radiolab episode about a subspecies of butterfly that only lives on and around this one US military base, and the 20 years of effort one ecologist spent trying to save the species. The ecologist admits that nothing else depends on that butterfly for existence, but it's still worth saving because of a moral obligation we have for making it endangered. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLndueWMub3JnL3JhZGlvbGFi/episode/NGFlYWMzNDAtNzBlZC00YmNhLWI5MTItY2Y1OGIzMDE5ZTM0?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjI4eCHvOnzAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQFQ https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLndueWMub3J... I think we're going to have to make tradeoffs, and spending 20 years of resources on saving a small insect in one area probably isn't worth it.