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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why is causing species extinction wrong?
gpt
In most cases this isn't even laboured as an ethical point; the extinction of species due to human activity has the potential to affect our environment in ways that can be detrimental to us and because of the complexity of our ecosystem its difficult to foresee the true extent of this until its too late e.g. a famous example is Mao Zedong ordering sparrows and crows to be exterminated in China because of their effect on crops, leading to a rising mosquito population which contributed to the great famine which killed millions.

I think a better form of approach is to ask whether animals qua animals have intrinsic value.