Scientists say they can bring the extinct thylacine back from the dead within a decade, but does anybody want them to? The resounding answer to an ABC survey is "Yes".
Based on the embedded video, and in the absence of any qualified dissenting opinion, I would say yes. On a micro-level it feels a bit ethically grey, but if you look at it as part of an overall plan to combat bio-diversity then it has more merit. However, it is pretty sad that the average Australian is seemingly so obsessed with restoring this one lost animal but doesn’t give a shit about any of the incredible species we still have with us.
Based on the embedded video, and in the absence of any qualified dissenting opinion, I would say yes. On a micro-level it feels a bit ethically grey, but if you look at it as part of an overall plan to combat bio-diversity then it has more merit. However, it is pretty sad that the average Australian is seemingly so obsessed with restoring this one lost animal but doesn’t give a shit about any of the incredible species we still have with us.