The cause of a species’ threat or extinction further affects ethical considerations. If humans caused the harm, intervention can be seen as a response to earlier human interference. Such actions are not necessarily respectful in the sense of preserving wildness, but they can aim to correct a larger wrong with a smaller wrong.
When a species goes extinct people like to see what the cause of the extinction was for ethical purposes. Some people believe that human caused de-extinctions should be more obligated for the process de-extinction. However, the author believes that you are correcting a larger wrong with a smaller one.