[reqctomaniac]

Well, the endangered species are endangered either because 1. human involvement 2. natural selection So I don't see that as a valid argument for not protecting dolphins. It's not really their fault.

Also, we consistently overprotect one not endangered animal (humans) at the expense of all other species.

[thaumasiotes]

> we consistently overprotect one not endangered animal (humans) at the expense of all other species

This isn't even true. Environmentalists in rich countries have managed to get lions and tigers (and probably crocodiles, but I can't affirm that from personal knowledge) protected despite the objections of the humans living nearby who hate being eaten.

[tremon]

Yet more people die from terrorist attacks than wildlife subsistence hunting...

[briandear]

I would expect humans to protect humans. There aren't any hippos out their attempting to preserve humanity. Hippos look after hippos at the expense of all other species. I can't see how we 'overprotect'

[jeremysmyth]

Hippos look after hippos at the expense of all other species.

Interesting claim. How do hippos know about the affairs of all other species, let alone the hippos in the next valley? I think you're overanthropomorphising.