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I attended the Big Sweep Cleanup at Marshcreek Bridge on Saturday, October 14th, 2017 from 11am-1pm. We were given trash grabbers and both clear and black trash bags. We picked up a wide variety of trash including cans, beer bottles, wrappers, plastic cups, and the guys even picked up a tire. When I think of littering, I think of the damage it has on animals. When people discuss the ethical importance of preserving wildlife species, they mention the animals intrinsic value. Intrinsic value is unrelated to its usefulness to humans meaning we have an ethical responsibility to protect species from becoming prematurely extinct because of human activities. A human activity that could destroy a species habitat causing them to become prematurely extinct is littering. By littering people are not recognizing the intrinsic value of animals or just not choosing to act upon this ethical responsibility.