Modern Day Noah's Ark Dying

hype7 writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is running a story about the Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development's Gene Bank, which appears to be running out of funding. It seems a terrible shame, because the Bank has managed to accumulate thousands of Australian and foreign endangered species; a kind of modern day Noah's Ark. At the moment it's in limbo, using funds diverted from other projects to keep it in ER, but the prospects aren't looking good."

Comments

For the better?

[jfisherwa]

Has anyone ever stopped to consider whether a dying species is dying for a reason? That reason being their inability to adapt to their environmental changes?

This is the cold hand of evolution, showing no favorites, holding no hands of the children.

What makes them think that a species they save now (cryogenically or not), would be able to survive in a climate N years from now, possibly one that is much more hostile?

Oh, so they want us to save these creatures so we can do what with them then? Release them into futuristic zoos, for the public to peruse en masse?

This is not a viable solution.