And Last

Only a few become master dragonologists. Such are reflected in the mystical dragon's eye. Their task is to conserve and protect those few dragons that remain, for who knows how many shall last another century, with the human population growing at such an exponential rate? And with them, how many more of Earth's creatures will become extinct until people start to say that they never existed at all, except in our imaginations?

Ernest Drake

From Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
Candlewick Press