Where Do You Draw The Line With Recreation?

The Delmarva fox squirrel is finally off the endangered species list. (Photo by John Kelly /The Washington Post)

Me, "Its kind of hard to imagine that a squirrel would be on the endangered list, since we suburbanites see them running around all the time. But apparently for the Delmarva Peninsula fox Squirrel this was just the case."

From article, "This squirrel was one of the nation’s first endangered species — but now it’s off the list"

(Three cheers for the Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel! According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the squirrel will be officially removed from the endangered species list before the end of 2015.

The Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel is part of the list's old guard: The squirrel was one of 78 species listed under the Endangered Species Preservation Act in 1967. At that time, the species -- larger than most squirrels and generally not found in suburban or urban environments -- had a habitat range reduced some 90 percent by forest clearing and development.)

Me, "Its great that this Squirrel has survived and it makes me wonder what other life we bring back from endangerment. In fact, can we go too far? Where do you draw the line on endangerment. If we find the DNA to bring back extinct species, should we bring them back too? Like, dinosaurs shown in Jurassic Park? Obviously, we didn't make them go extinct but where do you draw the line with recreation?