Each year more and more organisms are added to the endangered and extinct species lists. As humans, we expand our urban area and are decimating our resources. We have a much greater impact on the world than we seem to, or care to realize. One of the animals on the list of endangered species is the Vancouver Island marmot.
The Vancouver Island marmot is one of the rarest mammals in the world. There are less than 100 individuals of this species left both in captivity and in the wild (Bryant 2001). …
