jka wrote:Habitat conservation is the way forward. What does it help if the specie is only seen in captivity he is ecologically dead.
boing wrote:jka wrote:Habitat conservation is the way forward. What does it help if the specie is only seen in captivity he is ecologically dead.
I agree. There is some place for captive breeding in a conservation sense, but it must be as part of a re-introduction program and very strict guidelines are in place for those kind of programs. I would suspect that any animal which cannot be traced back to its wild origin accurately would not be eligible for release, especially in a industry/community where there is a lot of breeding between animals from different areas or even close relatives to breed out recessive traits. I am not saying there is not a place for this kind of breeding, just that it has no value in a conservation-orientated breeding program, aimed at re-introduction.
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