Goodall Endangered Species

Before reading these passages, I have had some previous background knowledge of the work of Jane Goodall. I knew of her much documented work for the study of chimpanzees and the protection that she worked very hard for. So I knew that these passages would have something to do with the importance of protection of our endangered species. Goodall says she has four reasons for hope that are, "resilience of nature, the energy and commitment of informed young people who are empowered to act, extraordinary intellect, and the indomitable human spirit. Before even reading the different stories that she shares of humans around the world trying to better their environment for those endangered species, I can already agree with her four reasons of hope from observations I have made in my life.  For extraordinary intellect, I have came across countless professors, have read and listened to research from experts all over the world, growing up I gained a lot information of animals from  documentaries, and zoologists, etc and each time I am presented highly detailed information that shows the importance of this subject. This goes into the next reason, commitment of informed young people. Because of the information that we have gotten passed onto our generation we now have the information to lead going forward as the past generation moves on and it is our time to make the decisions that shape the world. The human spirit is something that gives these people the will power to continue doing what they care about and making sure that their mission is completed.

The problem that we have though today is the split ideas on protecting endangered species. "We need to save our humans that are inflicted with cancer and other life threatening illness before we care about this beatle thing, if I saw one in my house I would smash it." This quote shows that a good amount of people believe that humans need to be the priority in decision making that affects the world.  Now im not saying that these people are wrong because as a human I want what is best for us, but it is important to balance the attention to a certain degree as these animals are residents to our planet too, and their existence is what has kept us alive for all these years. What would happen if a certain fish population died out or became extremely low for unseen circumstances, this would be a blow to all species, humans included.  So I believe that a increased amount of attention to endangered species and the protection of their environment is a vital option for the well being of planet Earth.