TIL of conservation-induced extinction. In efforts to save critically endangered animals, multiple other species have gone extinct. Common practice in conservation programs of birds and mammals is to remove all parasites, driving certain species of parasite unique to these animals to extinction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation-induced_extinction
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