Reply To: Endangered animals – Halachic Perspective

I apologize for the delay. I don’t remember when I wrote it up, but I forgot about it afterward.

Koheles Rabbah on Koheles 7:13:
At the time that HKB”H created Adam haRishon, He sent him around
to all the trees of the garden. He said to him, “See my works, how
beautiful and praiseworthy they are; and all that I created, I created
for your sake. Take care that you do not ruin and destroy my world.”