The Endangered Species Of The Future

Just days after the decision to add the Polar Bears to the list of the endangered species and to stop their hunting I read that the Atlantic Salmon may be next on the list.

The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, and a Maine river activist filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Division over the agencies’ failure to take action on a petition to protect the dwindling Kennebec River population of Atlantic salmon under the federal Endangered Species Act.

The change in the climate and in the natural habitat of many species of animals causes a constant reduction in their numbers up to a point when delays in their protection can mean their total disappearance.

The question is are we able to find a balance between protecting the environment and realizing that in an era of rapid changes not everything can and should be saved.