Why are people trying to save endangered animals?

well you idiot. The ecosystem is a balanced thing. If one species dies then things either higher or lower that depend on ti will also die. Other animals depend on each other. Genius. You think they are stupid? Stop questioning their authority.

All of you people are retarded. Before humans ever existed, well over 99% of all the species that have ever existed disappeared. And people are saying one extinct species can throw off an entire ecosystem? That's bullshit. Choosing which species to save and which to kill is not our responsibility. Nature has always found a way to balance itself out so let nature do its thing. As for why people want to save endangered species? It has something to do with their bullshit religious morals and narrow mindedness and valuing animals more than most humans. And even if it was our fault that a species is endangered, saving the species won't do much good for the environment. It would just make humans manipulate nature even more. People that want to save species want the species for their enjoyment, for their own guilt to be taken away, and for them to be seen as "good" humans. Now that is selfish and ignorant.

If an animal is going endangered, humans SHOULD NOT do anything about it, assuming it is happening naturally. In the case of the white rhino, preservation is a good thing since the main cause of rhino endangerment is man's fault. They are hunted for their horns. In many cases, animals go endangered for a reason. Either because they are being out-competed by an animal with a similar niche, their habitat is changing, or other natural reasons. The problem is that humans feel it necessary to preserve EVERY endangered species when a lot of times it is not worth the time or money to save a species that is not fit to live in its environment. All of these reasons, other than human cause are the backbone to the evolutionary process. Organisms evolve to fit their surroundings, so if an animal is being out-competed, it either needs to evolve or go extinct

Eco wise each animal has a reason for its being. That is like saying why try to keep the human race alive I mean in reality it is human nature to want to live and fight to survive however, it is not our responsiblity to make sure it does. Everything has a purpose, and the first line of that is RESPECT for any form of life and its ability to remain.

There is a point to your question that the others are missing. If the animal is going out of existence because of us we should try to save it, but if it is on the way out for purely natural reasons then we should not interfere with nature. According to the Bible man was originally placed in the Garden to tend it. That means to take care of it. By extension the entire world should be a concern for us to take care of and preserve.

You're wrong, EVERY species on the planet eventually affects another one. The failure of a species even affects the environment around them, for they fed on it and used its resources. It's not so much the food chain that is important, but the dependency of other animals. What would happen to all the birds that perch on rhinos and feed on the flies and insects?

They are living things too, thats why, what if you were an endangered species, or the last human on earth, would you not want to be preserved and have a chance at a longer life?

for our enjoyment! whats life without the dodo bird!??! there is no life beyond the dodo... -_-

so if the human race was endangered.. you wouldn't want us to be saved either?