http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20050615-1345-wst-owlvs.owl.html I figured the conservation of endangered species would come to this eventually. I just didn't think it would be in my lifetime.
Some species are endangered for a reason. Those reasons don't necessarily rely on humanity. If something would die off eventually because of a lack of ability to compete then it is the natural order of things and this should be left alone.