Rethinking the Wild Drag and Drop

Central Idea Choice: Whooping cranes were endangered, so Operation Migration planned to save them.

Central Idea Choice: Humans have to be more comfortable balancing their needs with other species' needs.

Central Idea Choice: Humans' needs take priority over other species' needs.

Central Idea Choice: Humans have the power to have both negative and positive impacts on the rest of the planet.

Central Idea Choice: Animals that get too comfortable with humans are more likely to become endangered.

Key Detail Choice: "Her husband, it turns out, was dying of Alzheimer's and the only thing that made him happy and brought him into the present was seeing the family of whooping cranes in his own backyard."

Key Detail Choice: “In 1941 there were just 15, and in 1967 the whooping crane was listed as 'endangered.'"

Key Detail Choice: “They would no longer be wary of people, and wouldn't be able to survive on their own."

Key Detail Choice: "As humans, we're hard-wired to put our particular set of needs above others."

Key Detail Choice: "We also have a responsibility to be the earth's caretakers, because of the power we have over other species."