So glad they were saved. I happen to like animals better than people, with a few exceptions.
That said, I posted this mostly as a shot at the global warming crowd who have been telling us the seas are warming, polar caps melting, etc., but your comment does beg a question.
Two of the eco-left's big principles are an atheistic interpretation of Darwinian evolutionary theory and the case that human disruption/interference with, "nature," should be minimized in every way possible (including human depopulation). This begs the question, that if evolution truly is the, "natural course," of things, aren't our efforts to preserve and protect endangered animals disruptive of, and potentially damaging to the natural order?