...The Nubian Lion (click here) – which once ranged from Morocco to Egypt, was last seen in the 1920s. The Saharan Cheetah is “possibly” extinct according to IUCN, with rare glimpses every few years leaving a grain of hope. The Arabian Oryx – with a similar fate to the Egyptian Barbary Sheep – went extinct in the wild, but has been salvaged in zoos. Certain members of the ibis bird family are gone, while others like the endangered Hermit Ibis, no longer frequent Egypt. And in the late 1800s the infamous Egyptian Papyrus Plant disappeared, followed by the Lotus Flower in the Nile Valley, due to the changing influences of modern irrigation systems, dams and the loss of swamps. (Fortunately, papyrus was reintroduced by the 20th century thanks to a few European specimens.) Today, such plants can be seen in ornamental gardens, such as the lovely pond in front of the Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo....
The Cattle Egret of the Nile River. This picture is from 1995.The Cattle Egrets of Egypt do not fish. They thrive on insects. It is due to that fact the birds are endangered because birds are susceptible to insecticides. Over the decades, since 1980, the birds have increased in numbers, however, the wildlife in Egypt has lost priority and the beauty of the land is no longer valued as it once was.
The devastating truth of a war anywhere is that civilization is lost and life of any kind becomes valueless.
During the Bush/Cheney years the USA regarded killing important, it was everywhere in society. The idea animals were so important to protect it inhibited logging and the like was a growing burden for some areas of the country. When a populous sets aside the value of human dignity and the beauty within that quality of life, the value of that human being deteriorates and becomes as worthless as the beauty it once appreciated.
