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by deeviant 4167 days ago
Good grief, I think some people are just addicted to debating or creating "moral dilemma."

On one side, you have scientists that want to bring back the wolly mammoth. They have some pretty convincing arguments in terms of bringing back a extinct species that may have a beneficial niche to fill and pioneering techniques to revive extinct species to boot.

On the other side, you have a guy who thinks the fact that the scientists requiring the use of a elephant surrogate mother is animal abuse, and the whole thing should be called off, at least until we can create an artificial womb(which isn't even on any scientific radar that I have been privy to). Elephants in captivity are already bred for a variety of reasons, and breeding is a pretty nature animal endeavour.

I say, bring them back. Or at least try to.