A scientist's decision to kill a bird he'd been searching for for two decades

Re:A scientist's decision to kill a bird he'd been searching... by Theodores on Sunday October 18, 2015 @01:00PM (#10408823)

Because of Cecil, the Lion I know that my feelings regarding this story are shared by others - 'collecting' this male specimen of the species was the wrong thing to do. He 'collected' it because it was perfectly healthy, therefore there would be others.

In the UK 'egg collectors' that collect rare birds eggs get given short shrift, actual birds in far off places aren't afford Cecil the Lion levels of outrage yet the sentiment is the same, at least for me.

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Re:A scientist's decision to kill a bird he'd been searching... by skimpycompiler on Sunday October 18, 2015 @01:56PM (#10409043)

I, on the other hand, am baffled by the outrage in any case. I do not understand why some animals have greater value than others. Be it rarity or not, from an evolutionary perspective there's no ranking. One cannot say that a worm is worth less than a human.

So, this value ownership that has been put on the animal species is entirely subjective and irrational, and points out a little bit of hypocrisy in all of us.

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Re:A scientist's decision to kill a bird he'd been searching... by euyyn on Sunday October 18, 2015 @02:13PM (#10409109)

"Flagship species" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_species) is the answer to your baffling.

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Re:A scientist's decision to kill a bird he'd been searching... by waqf on Sunday October 18, 2015 @02:28PM (#10409155)

Do you understand why some paintings have greater value than others?

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Re:A scientist's decision to kill a bird he'd been searching... by anon4 on Sunday October 18, 2015 @03:04PM (#10409320)

The same reason diamonds are expensive?

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