GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Why save endangered species? For the general public, endangered

Why save endangered species? For the general public, endangered species appear to be
little more than biological oddities. A very different perception is gained from considering the
issue of extinction in a wider context. The important point is that many major social advances
have been made on the basis of life forms whose worth would never have been perceived in
advance. Consider the impact of rubber-producing plants on contemporary life and industry:
approximately two-thirds of the world’s