Oh but this is the free market, where finders keepers losers weepers, and all resources are yours just by taking them. One of the worst things I ever heard was from a sushi chef who said he would be proud to serve the last Bluefin tuna on the planet, as food.
If only we cared about this a thousandth as much as we care about the "war" on drugs, it might actually be a tractable issue.
Sometimes it feels like the world is chock-full of scumbags.