Society should make efforts to save endangered species only if the potential extinction of those species is the result of human activities.
Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position
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While there is little doubt that human activities have threatened the survival of different species, from dumpiness in dolphins in the Yangtze River to the rare birds of the Amazon. Yet, given that human being and the ecological system benefit from biological diversity, either culturally or via research, society should make effect to save endangered species even if their endangerment cannot be attributed to human activities. 

Firstly, biodiversity helps ecological stability which human economy and society benefit from. Hence, biodiversity should be protected even if the threat is human activities. One such example is the need for wide-spread and diverse colonies of bees to maintain the growth and fruiting of plants. Yet, for genetic mutation unrelated to human activities, the bee colonies begin to collapses in some parts of northern Asia, Europe and Eastern United States. If the endangered bee population, unable to sustain itself, is to collapse completely, human society and the ecological system would suffer greatly, with natural plants unable to produce seeds and human agricultural production undermined. Therefore, it is economically and environmentally justified for human society to protect the endangered bee population, by physically transport them around vast geographical locations so that they can gather sufficient nutrition. To implement policy that protect endangered species certain come at a financial cost. Yet, more often than not, the eventual benefit in maintaining biodiversity such as facilitating the survival of bee colonies, benefit human society.

Moreover, human societies have interest to protect endangered species with cultural significance, even if those species' endangerment cannot be attributed to human activities. One case and point is giant Panda in Southwestern China. Panda is a spices, that due to curious evolutionary accident, became rely on rare bamboo as their food source. As a result, Panda’s population has always been under threat given that a small weather change could reduce much of its food source in a given year. Though the endangerment of giant panda is not largely the result of human activities, there is a case to be made for the protection of Panda for its cultural significance in China. Panda was not only popular among children visiting Chinese Zoos, they are also presented as gifts to foreign nations such as Japan and the United States a living sign of goodwill and peace among nations. As a result, protection of endangered panda generate symbolic and cultural significance that warrants relevant cost of maintaining breeding facilities and specialized medical staff to help these animals survive.

Lastly, human society should protect endangered species regardless why they are going to extinct because biodiversity has value for scientific research. Different species due to their unique living environment,source of food and evolutionary paths, developed unique traits that could help scientists conduct research in medical science, and engineering. For instance, researchers at US department of defense studies north Atlantic shrimps, a endangered species living in deep waters between Greenland and Canada for their hammer-like biological feature which could accelerate to a speed of more than 400 miles per hour in less than 0.1 second, smashing through the hard shells of other shell fish that they consume as food. This biological feature of the shrimp could help scientist develop new armor penetrating ammunition for army tank force. Seen in this light protecting rare endangered species can help inspire valuable and innovative scientific researches. And the result of research would outweigh the relatively minute cost of maintaining a minimal survivable population of those species in either lab or semi-natural biological repositories.

Of course, i need to concede that conservation effort needs prioritizing. Those directly threatened by human activities such wolf in American Northeast. Stop hunting might help the recovery of wolf population without incur much economic damages to the states such as Maine, since much of the hunting are recreational. Yet, to argue that only those species directly threatened by human being should be protection would be an overly narrow focus, after all, human being and the ecological system would suffer regardless of whether a species’ endangerment is a result of human activities. 

In conclusion, even if the endangered species are not in peril because of some human activities, i would still be in human society’s interests to protect the rare species for their value in maintaining ecological stability, cultural significance, and potential value for scientific research. Though the preservation of species come at a cost, habit needs to be maintained, and professional medical staff, even laboratory would need to be provided for the vulnerable species, the potential benefit of biodiversity preservation effort outweighs its costs.