Can you save all of the animals all of the time? First, humans come along and wreck an animal’s habitat. Then, we launch massive campaigns to save an endangered species…provided it’s a cute and cuddly species.
John Ridley takes a sideways look at what happens when humans meddle with natural selection.
- World Wildlife Fund
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park
- Santa Cruz Island—Plan for Recovery
- ARKive, films, photographs and audio recordings of the world’s species
- California’s Natural Diversity Database
- Habitat Conservation Planning Branch, California Department of Fish and Game
- Biodiversity and Conservation, University of California, Irvine
- The Case for Charisma, Gristmill blog entry
- When Birds Overshadow Snails — And Why That’s a Problem, ABC News