captive breeding

what:
Captive breeding is the process of breeding animals in human controlled environments with
restricted settings, such as wildlife reserves, zoos and other conservation facilities; sometimes
the process is construed to include release of individual organisms to the wild, when there is
sufficient natural habitat to support new individuals or when the threat to the species in the
wild is lessened.

Aim:
to reintroduce the captive-breed animals into the wild to restore the original population.
Can be more successful in national park / other protected area.
How:
that members of a wild species are captured, then bred and raised in a special facility under
the care of wildlife biologists and other experts.
Problems:
1. usually difficult to implement for highly mobile species like some migratory birds
(e.g. cranes) and fishes (e.g. Hilsa).
2. Species like large cetaceans (whales, dolphins, etc.) may also have some difficulties as
it would be hard to meet their biological requirements in captivity, especially the vast
amount of space required to keep large populations
Pros:
1. When a population drops dangerously, captive breeding can boost numbers.
2. When all of the existing habitat is poor quality or other environmental problems occur,
a captive population can be maintained until the problems can be solved or another
appropriate habitat can be found for the animal in the wild. This kind of project allows
us to bank a species.
3. captive breeding combined with management of the wild eagle may provide the only
hope for survival by providing opportunities for genetic mixing.
4. When a group of birds stays in one area of degraded habitat because they are
behaviorally trapped, captive breeding and release programs can help them to expand
their range.

Cons:
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1. . It weakens their ability to survive in the wild, some studies have shown, because
once released, their reproduction rates plummet, and the animals are also often unable
to re-adapt to their new environments.
2. , maintain that conservation through captive breeding reduces genetic diversity, which,
among other consequences, can result in a lack of immunity to disease and other
problems in the remaining population.
3. Captive breeding can also create a false sense that the battle to save endangered
species and habitats is being won
4. . Programs can be quite costly, diverting resources from more cost-effective ecosystem
conservation efforts.
5. . A risk of captive breeding includes inbreeding, that is, mating between two closely
related individuals as a result of a small gene pool. Some problems associated with
inbreeding include a decrease in immunity to disease and phenotypic abnormalities