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I'm not talking about extinction. I'm talking about suffering and death on a large scale only because of cosmetics.

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I agree with you, that's an unnecessary evil and should be stopped. I'm just saying there are levels of bad here:

A. suffering and death on a large scale only because of cosmetics but more sharks are born to replace those that are killed.

B. suffering and death on a large scale only because of cosmetics AND possible extinction of the species.

Both are bad, both should be stopped... But B. is worse and needs more immediate efforts to stop it.