In “Saved at the Eleventh Hour,” Jane Goodall shares how the Vancouver Island Marmot was rescued from the brink of extinction. Goodall discusses the Vancouver Island Marmot’s original habitat in the sub-alpine meadows, which are hard to create and maintain on Vancouver Island. Goodall’s description shows the readers that the marmot is a rare species because of their unique habitat. Nevertheless, logging activity has pushed the Vancouver Island Marmots to decline at a faster rate by replacing their habitat with clear-cut areas and makes them easier prey for the bigger predators. With the discussion of Andrew Bryant, a marmot lover, we learn that logging activities have become reduces as the logging company makes it decision to support the conservation of Vancouver Island …show more content…
Goodall recounting about the Vancouver Island Marmots is similar to that shared by Thomas French about the elephants brought to Lowry Park Zoo in Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captivities. The elephants are being saved from culling by transfer them from Swaziland to Lowry Park Zoo. Similar to the Vancouver Island Marmots, the elephants are also declining as culling continues in Swaziland. Since elephants are intelligent and strong, they tend to destroy their habitat unintentionally. Beside cull practice, there are also others threat that the elephants endure in the wild, such as being shot by the hunters. Thus, by putting these wild animals in the zoos, it would save the elephants from being killed cruelly and from the brink of extinction. Through the effort of saving the elephants, we are also protecting the environment from getting damaged by this animal. The rationale for saving Vancouver Island Marmots and elephants are similar because of their status as endangered species and also because of their lost