'Pull the Plug'

Yesterday there was an article published about naturalist Christ Packham saying that "Conservationists should 'pull the plug' on giant pandas and let them die out." He believes that we should spend our conservation money on animals that have a better chance of survival.

I've always wondered how people who believe that we have just evolved from lower life forms can care so much about saving endangered species. It's just natural selection in action, right? I don't agree with it, but here I finally see someone taking their stance to it's logical conclusions. Unfortunately, if he continues to take it further- we're next.

If we as humans are just evolved from monkeys (and pandas and whatever), what would health care look like if we applied Packham's opinion? With his reasoning we wouldn't waste our time treating older people- we would use those resources for those with a "better chance." If that's not scary or freaky, listen to what else Packham says:

"I reckon we should pull the plug. Let them go, with a degree of dignity ..."

Sounds like what proponents of euthanasia have to say...but that's another debate. It'll be interesting to see where the future takes us in regards to health care...