1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/I just read this passage written by Harley Shaw, in the 2002 introduction for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Wolf in the Southwest, the Making of an Endangered Species</span>  (1983) by David E. Brown. Shaw  is a research biologist specializing in mountain lions  in SW NM: <blockquote>"Eliminating species leads to intellectual dead ends. Once a creature is gone, we no longer have reason to understand it. Our world becomes simpler, and our minds simpler with it. Problem-solving is an open-ended activity. Interacting with a species provides a means for intellectual growth, eliminating it simply leaves another blank spot – on earth and in our minds."</blockquote>rich