The people who hunted the passenger pigeon to extinction were driven less by the usual desire to get meat for their families and more by how much money they cou

The people who hunted the passenger pigeon to extinction were driven less by the usual desire to get meat for their families and more by how much money they could make by bringing hundreds or thousands of birds to market for sale in cities. I would argue capitalism killed the passenger pigeon. The people with shotguns were its designated representatives.