Why humans wanted to lead rare animals to their ends?(Extinction)

[AditTechno]

Why these thing must happen?

 

[HappyTauren]

It's not that they explicitly want to - but it's pretty simple.

They want to take something from those animals, and do not think about the consequences. Whether it is taking those animals' land, killing them for 'aphrodisiac' powders and similar things, it is not that people go out of their way to destroy populations of certain species, its more so that they don't care about preserving them.

Then again, animals have been going extinct forever. It's just that we're speeding up the process.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

profit

people fine something rare and hard to get, then they add a value to it and hunt it down to extinction

rhino horn for example has no herbal benefit What so ever, it's made from the exact some compounds as human hair. yet because there are only 4000 rhinos left alive the horns are now super valuable meaning a lot of profit

if I said I found a new mineral in the earths surface that can make you live longer, but I said there are billions of tons of it. be honest, would you be interested in buying it?

now if I said that there is only 1 ton left on earth, now wouldn't you feel compelled to buy some if I only had a limited supply?

 

[AditTechno]

They also cannot think clearly that when the valuable animals extinct, what do they get later? That's the consequenses. I think humans that has a hobby to obtain profits will feel it.

 

[Rheiko]

Simple, the Greed of Man is the cause.

 

[Roland]

Those people think they're gods by killing god's creation just for their Villainous Greed of Money..

 

[HappyTauren]

Yes. But the God doesn't kill.

A non-existent entity doesn't do a whole lot of things.

We never know when living creatures die.

Actually, we have a way to measure this, pretty much. Consciousness gone irreversibly = dead.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Extinction persay is not really the problem as that has happened all the time. Ultimately one species will form a new species while the original then slowly heads to extinction. This applied to humans even, where various different species, including our ancestors forming at similar times ended up going towards extinction.

Sure, we are alive today as what we are but at some stage there was an ape like human which was our distant ancestor and is now extinct, and before him another mammal like ancestor which is also extinct etc. Humans like us today are destined for extinction in the future, almost certainly by the humans of tomorrow. This may be sooner than expected if not for strict government regulation on the ability to manipulate human tissues.

The big problem is humans lack of respect for nature. They still view it as something dangerous and that there is valour fighting it. Reality is every year more humans kill other humans than every other animal species combined (ignoring virus, bacteria, other microbes etc). Animals like crocodiles, snakes, lions, sharks are all dangerous and were once a great threat to humans, but now a single human with a gun has far more destructive power than any other animal. Let us not forget how humans possess nukes, weapons of unimaginable destructive power which could kill millions of people and eradicate most wildlife in huge areas.

Humans need to look past their hunter gather past and towards a more enlightened future. Ending an animals life with a gun is trivial, as such the animals themselves should be considered non-threats and so left to be. The only major threat to us are ourselves, and that is where fighting has any actual meaning.

What disgusts me are all the people, especially people from the USA, who post photos of them showing off what they shot. Its like showing off that they can add 1+1, sure it is big but still trivial to a gun, just like how addition is trivial. I am sure they would still post pictures if they shot it with an orbital satellite, or some sort of alien disintegrator weapon. Back in the old days where you had spears it had some meaning but not anymore.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

a fascinating point there
killing an animal as a trophy is the dumbest idea ever, since you used a weapon that greatly disadvantaged the animal

heck I bet in most cases the animal doesn't even know it's being hunted before it dies... because with a gun you can be far away sipping tea in a nice protected armoured vehicle while killing dozens of animals

 

[Dr Super Good]

heck I bet in most cases the animal doesn't even know it's being hunted before it dies... because with a gun you can be far away sipping tea in a nice protected armoured vehicle while killing dozens of animals

The sad part is most animals can see the gun, just they have no idea what it does or what is about to happen. If they knew the dangers of guns it would be much harder to shoot most animals. The problem is they do not particularly learn about it, and few survive to learn to avoid it. I am sure many of the "dangerous" animals would even fear humans if they knew about guns, something humans never let them because they always aim to kill rather than to maim.

This applies to humans as well before guns were global. In South America some natives believed the conquistadors were gods due to how they had sticks which shot fire. Many primitive tribes in Africa also fell victim to humans with guns because they had no idea what they were. Of course with humans this changes fast as communication allows education as to what a gun is and the dangers it poses. Even if a human does not understand how a gun works or what it does exactly the fear of one will quickly spread and will be taught on to children. Nowadays practically every human on the planet knows what a gun is and what it is capable of. Those primitive tribes which used to be mowed down or fear guns now wield AK-47s. If animals could know about guns in such a way they would at least not stand there thinking they are all safe.

Dangerous animals are dangerous to humans, however they really should not be with how dangerous humans can be to them. More research should be done into trying to encourage/educate animals to avoid humans rather than humans just shooting them because they do not like how they look.

 

[chobibo]

Sometimes, it has something to do with our beliefs.

The snake being associated with the devil has made it near impossible for it to be left alone, at least in my area it is. It's a good thing that nowadays, children are taught the behaviors of animals at school, so they wouldn't need to kill off animals out of fear. But the parents, ugh... "It'll hurt us, might even kill us, if we allow it to roam free!".

I was once confronted by a snake while I was playing a game on the PC, a snake suddenly appeared and I got startled. I was planning to kill it but then I saw it was panting and not moving so I thought it was as scared as I am, and decided to just set it free. Some people in the neighborhood got mad at me for doing so because they felt they could get hurt...

killing an animal as a trophy is the dumbest idea ever, since you used a weapon that greatly disadvantaged the animal

There was this guy who would sneak in our lot just to shoot birds. The guy was trying to "hone his skills" by shooting at moving targets, so I think it's safe to say that people kill animals for bragging rights.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I was once confronted by a snake while I was playing a game on the PC, a snake suddenly appeared and I got startled. I was planning to kill it but then I saw it was panting and not moving so I thought it was as scared as I am, and decided to just set it free. Some people in the neighborhood got mad at me for doing so because they felt they could get hurt...

Yet they do not do that to dogs. More people die in the UK from owned dogs killing them than snakes here in the UK.

There was this guy who would sneak in our lot just to shoot birds. The guy was trying to "hone his skills" by shooting at moving targets, so I think it's safe to say that people kill animals for bragging rights.

It is hardly even worth bragging about. The US navy owns laser systems that can shoot down drones, planes and missiles from several kilometers away fully autonomously. Once again someone trying to brag that they can add 1+1.

 

[HappyTauren]

It takes more skill to shoot a moving target than to use an automated system to do so. It's probably harder to program an automated system to work flawlessly, though.

Still, shooting moving and alive targets, especially if they are small, is HARD.

Pointless and stupid, but hard.

 

[The_Silent]

It takes more skill to shoot a moving target than to use an automated system to do so. It's probably harder to program an automated system to work flawlessly, though.

Still, shooting moving and alive targets, especially if they are small, is HARD.

Pointless and stupid, but hard.

South Korea has automated robot turrets that can shoot moving targets kilometers away. They're posted along the North/South Korean border obviously, since that is about one of the only places on earth where humans is killed indiscriminately 24/7.

The turret is called a: "DoDAAM Super aEgis 2"

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

I've only seen an automatic turret once

in a zombie movie where they walled off the section of the world with zombies in it

 

[Dr Super Good]

I've only seen an automatic turret once

They do really exist already and are in use, as The_Silent said, in South Korea along the boarder with North Korea.

This year they plan to roll out new auto turrets which have foe recognition so they can choose which humans to kill rather than just any human. Such turrets could be placed in areas to eliminate specific targets automatically upon detection.

 

[Chaosy]

Those people think they're gods by killing god's creation just for their Villainous Greed of Money..

I doubt they think they are gods.

 

[Mr. Gameplay Knowledge]

The humans wanted lead rare animals to their ends for money or just because they love to hunt and kill animals.
So they didnt wanted it,they still want to bring the rare animals to their end.
So rare animals brings them a lot of money,depends on how much rare they are.
Everything that is rare in the world brings people a lot of money when they sell it,like a old rare car.
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Those people think they're gods

I think ,that they dont care about gods,cultur and religion.
They are just like me.
So i dont care too about that stuff.

 

[TheLordOfChaos201]

Killing animals makes you feellike a god hey?
Sounds like a good means of fighting depression. I wonder if that's the way people hunters feel.

could that be the reason why they kill animals

 

[WhiteFang]

I don't think humans deliberately wanted to drive them to extinction.
Some were killed for humans to survive,such as making clothes from them or eating their meat.
But also,humans alone did not contribute to the extinction of animals.Other animals,change in climate and time itself also largely contributed

 

[Dr Super Good]

But also,humans alone did not contribute to the extinction of animals.Other animals,change in climate and time itself also largely contributed

Currently it is humans alone. Everything from near total habitat destruction (they have no place left to live) to minor rises in global temperature are the direct result of humans. Sure species naturally go extinct all the time in some way or another, usually by being out competed even by their own relatives, however for so many species to be threatened at the same time and way used to only happen after a truly catastrophic event such as a massive meteor.

I don't think humans deliberately wanted to drive them to extinction.

Some people believe all reptiles should be made extinct... There are a lot of sick people out there.