[Avodah] The halakhos of ecology

[David Riceman]

Micha Berger wrote (citing someone else):
> : I can't think of anything in any Torah source that even suggests we should
> : care about the extinction of species with no known use.  Useful species,
> : of course, are subject to bal tashchit, but they're rarely in danger,
> : because people cultivate them or take other measures to preserve them.
>   
Ramban Ki Teitzei 22:6 (near the beginning, in a clause people often 
ignore): "Or the Bible doesn't permit destruction which may destroy a 
species."

David Riceman