Pros And Cons Of De-Extinction

As time progresses, the Earth’s ecosystem is continuously changing rapidly, mostly in the reason of human impact. Humans make huge impacts on the world and many of those impacts involves human-caused extinctions. Evidently, this has become a huge issue relating on biodiversity and there have been many extinctions due to global warming, pollution, hunting, etc. In addition, there are many conservation acts being placed on endangered species for protection and the species are placed out of their normal habitat in the wild. Unfortunately, that is a small amount and many animals are becoming extinct or endangered more rapidly than the number of acts or protection places are being opened for those species. Currently, the tools in the conservation …show more content…
It is important to note that, de-extinction is the act of cloning currently living species and bringing species that once lived on the Earth back to life. This process involves containing the extinct species’ DNA and mixing it with the currently living species’ DNA. The surrogate species must share similar traits and ancestors with the extinct species for this process to be adequate. Also, scientists must recover the DNA of the extinct species, which are most likely obtained in soil. There are many outcomes for the results of de-extinction and the controversy is up for debate because of the many pros and …show more content…
Nevertheless, the possibilities of de-extinction remain a growing issue. For example, Stanley Temple from TED Talks states that de-extinction would be a good idea because, people could see many creatures that were once extinct walking on Earth again such as the dodo and the tambalacoque. Temple also states that de-extinction would be a disadvantage to the species that are currently living and how they are being treated. He claims that de-extinction would distract many people from current issues in the world and forget about the species that are currently being threatened, which could lead in a mass