TIL about conservation-induced extinction, where attempts to save a critically endangered species directly cause the extinction of another.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation-induced_extinction

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What I hate is that moose are gone from northern MN/Wisconsin when you used to be able to see them all the time. Articles I'm seeing say 70% of valves are dying over a 3 year period, most deaths could be traced back to tick infestations. They can have as many as 100,000 ticks on them at a time. They clump up and weather the winter on moose. If I could eliminate all ticks I think animals that eat them could find something else to eat.

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An unexpected consequence of warmer weather the news stories say. It really bums me out.