【单选题】Naturalist: For decades we have known that the tuatara, a New Zealand reptile, have been approaching extinction on the South Island. But since South Island tuatara were thought to be of the same speci...
A.
In order to maximize the number of living things on Earth, steps should be taken to preserve all local populations of animals.
B.
When an animal is in danger of dying, there is an obligation to help save its life, if doing so would not interfere with the health or well-being of other animals or people.
C.
The threat of local extinction imposes no obligation to try to prevent that extinction, whereas the threat of global extinction does impose such an obligation.
D.
Human activities that either intentionally or unintentionally threaten the survival of an animal species ought to be curtailed.
E.
Species that are found in only one circumscribed geographical region ought to be given more care and attention than are other species because they are more vulnerable to extinction.