Save the Species?

I've been reading quite a lot recently on Darwin and his proving the theory of evolution.

Been reading and hearing a lot about the Greenpeace pirates as well and their disgraceful antics in the Southern Oceans.

Add to that the bullshit happening on the West Coast where a rather large, well spread, population of native snails are creating large sums for a few and costing large sums for many, fishing bans off the East Coast of middle NZ because a few dolphins are named differently from those of the same species found further south in the Canterbury bight.

What I have trouble understanding is that many proponents of the first are among the group causing problems with the second.

They accept evolution with it's survival of the fittest and adapt or die philosophy but fail to recognise that the snails, dolphins, whales, cats, birds, insects, plants etc. they are trying to save are simply failing to adapt, failing to survive because they are no longer the fittest.

What an amazing world we could have if these people, part of the highest form of animal life on this plant (just at times but part of), put their energy instead to bettering the species who are surviving, who are adapting naturally.