Maybe you can ask a similar question to the millions of people (literally!) who bought 2,000$ iPhone Duo devices in the last few days.
Spending a bit of money to save a bird's life seems inconsequential.
Spending a bit of money to save a bird's life seems inconsequential.
The real question is was this endeavour funded by public or private money. If it's private money that's great, if it was in any way funded by my tax dollars which I am forced at gun point to pay, that is not okay.