C. ALTHOUGH THE PASSAGE DOES DEMONSTRATE THE FRAGILITY OF AN ENDANG...

5. c. Although the passage does demonstrate the fragility of an endangered species (choice a) and theimportance of effective wildlife management (choice b), the main goal is to argue that mixing speciesis the wrongway to attempt to preserve an endangered species. This is expressed clearly in the finalparagraph: “We cannot and should not create genetically mixed species as a means of achieving a com-promise between the needs of development and a species’ survival.” The passage does show that themixing of species was successful (choice d), but the passage criticizes this point. The author is criticalof land development in areas with specific endangered species, but this is not the focus of the passage,so choice eis incorrect.