Article: American Serengeti? Should big African mammals be introduced to the Great Plains of the United States?

Critical Thinking

* Do people have an ethical responsibility to help endangered animals? Why or why not?

* Name some other species that humans have driven to extinction. (passenger pigeon, dodo, Tasmanian tiger)

National Science Education Standards

* Diversity and adaptation of organisms: species extinction

* The interdependence of organisms: interrelationships of organisms in ecosystems

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