Is extinction good or bad?

What happens when something gets extinct? It just stops existing. 

Many people would state that extinction is bad, but is it really? Indeed, extinction could be affecting the ecosystem in a negative way, but not necessarily. This process of animals evolving to adapt to the changes in the environment will guarantee survival for the strongest. But nature is based on balance, which  means that species should stop existing after some time, so that other species can exist.

According to the research of “Center for Biological Diversity”, noted conservation scientist David Wilcove estimates that there are 14,000 to 35,000 endangered species in the United States, which is 7 to 18 percent of the US flora and fauna (1).

When humans interact with the nature in a harmful way, it can cause the extinction of animals and it is considered bad. Changes in the environment, such as habitat loss can have a horrible impact on plants and animals. Deforestation and urbanization are the two major problems that have caused extinction.

According to the “Center for Biological Diversity”, in 2009 a report on the state of birds in the United States found that 251 (31 percent) of the 800 species in the country are of conservation concern (2). At the same time “BirdLife International” estimates that 12% of known 9,865 bird species are now considered threatened, with 192 species, or 2 percent, exposed to a high risk of extinction in the wild. Habitat loss and degradation have affected many bird species as well as other animals.

When suddenly species become extinct, they create a hole in the ecosystem. Unnatural changes in the animals’ food chain can led to extinction of other species in the food chain.

It is very important for our society to solve a problem like extinction, because if humans continue damaging the environment and the animals and plants’ ecosystem, then we will suffer from a mass extinction.

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