anthropocene

An interesting article that gives an overview of the results of a recent study on the causes of extinction of the Carolina parakeet. SPOILER ALERT: Humans are believed to be the sole causal factor that led to extinction. Humans 'sole culprits' in US parrot extinction

To be clear: this is not a zoo I'm even remotely actually considering making. (I've never seriously considered making a zoo, my real goals are clearly unrealistic but they involve becoming a successful aviculturalist.) In the event that I somehow came into the tens of millions of dollars I'd...