Endangered Animals: Are They Worth Saving?

Here's a story for everyone that can pose another question. We have bats in our attic. Thankfully, we don't have a huge issue with them, however there are major issues they cause. Their feces is toxic to humans and cancerous (though many things are considered cancerous, so take that information with a grain of salt if you'd like). The oils on their bodies can cause damage to wherever they choose to nest, meaning our attic in this case. It would require major maintenance and reconstruction because that oil ruins pipes and such. They're dangerous in general. Pest control companies tend to not specialize in bats because they require hazmat suits and the like. We had to call a company in Birmingham (an hour away from where we live) to come. But a bigger issue? They're a protected species, yet they're so harmful to us. Pest control can't just kill them. They have to remove them and that's not as easy as it sounds.

So how do cases like these affect your opinion on the matter?
 
Well I'm kind of split personally on "protected species" - many times, at least with birds (which is what I know most about) will nest in areas that may be less than convenient for people, and unless they are something like Rock Doves or European Starlings you can't do much about it, regardless of their conservation status. Even birds of least concern are protected.

I think the "protected species" thing is to prevent the huge extinctions of species like Carolina Parakeets and Passenger Pigeons, but it can be exaggerated. In most birds' cases since a breeding cycle lasts less than 6 weeks (by this I mean time that the birds are in the nest) you can locate the nest, and after the birds leave, put up protections to avoid them from nesting there. We did that for the starlings who nested above my room.

The best thing you can really do is prevent them from nesting inside of a home in the first place, really. Animals often find the little holes in places and will utilize it, so it's important to keep an eye on it. Once animals are removed, it's especially important to figure out where they were coming from and patch up any holes. That serves additional purposes as well - it helps insulation as well as preventing the animals from coming in your home.
 
I should also mention about this incident regarding the endangered animals, which is the controversy regarding Kendall Jones hunting them and taking pictures of herself with her dead trophies, which some of them are endangered. She has her reasons why and how a couple of the pictures aren't what it seems.


daigonite said:
Well I'm kind of split personally on "protected species" - many times, at least with birds (which is what I know most about) will nest in areas that may be less than convenient for people, and unless they are something like Rock Doves or European Starlings you can't do much about it, regardless of their conservation status. Even birds of least concern are protected.
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Aren't Rock Doves and European Starlings suppose to be invasive species in the U.S. for negatively affecting the native bird population in terms of competition? Wouldn't this give us the right to capture and destroy these invasive species from harming the environment?
 
Pinkie-Dawn said:
Aren't Rock Doves and European Starlings suppose to be invasive species in the U.S. for negatively affecting the native bird population in terms of competition? Wouldn't this give us the right to capture and destroy these invasive species from harming the environment?
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I didn't directly say it, but yeah, that's why you can do something if it's a starling or a dove. I meant to say that most species you can't do anything about UNLESS they're an invasive species.
 
Pinkie-Dawn said:
I should also mention about this incident regarding the endangered animals, which is the controversy regarding Kendall Jones hunting them and taking pictures of herself with her dead trophies, which some of them are endangered. She has her reasons why and how a couple of the pictures aren't what it seems.
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Yeah, it's called "conservation hunting", apparently, and I'm still trying to understand the concept of killing endangered animals to protect them from extinction.

Also, she mentioned she is hunting lions on some sort of farm on her Facebook page? I'm not familiar with game hunting at all and maybe 'lion farm' means something totally different in terms of what she's doing, but it sounds like she is just paying to shoot some endangered animals that people have bred and raised in captivity.
 
We should let them live.

Just because we are the most evolved species doesn't mean we are entitled to wipe out others.
 
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