Captive breeding - Citizendia

USFWS staff with two red wolf pups bred in captivity

Captive breeding is the process of breeding rare or endangered species in human controlled environments with restricted settings, such as wildlife preserves, 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. The Red Wolf ( Canis lupus rufus) is a Mammal of the order Carnivora. A rare species is an Organism which is very uncommon or scarce An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation A zoological garden, shortened to zoo, is an institution in which living animals are exhibited in captivity "Conservation Biology" redirects here For the Scientific journal, see Conservation Biology (journal. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank.

This technique has been used with great success for many species for some time, with probably the oldest known such instances of captive breeding being attributed to menageries of European and Asian rulers, a case in point being the Pere David's Deer. Père David's Deer, Elaphurus davidianus, known as Milu in Chinese (麋鹿 is a Species of Deer known only in captivity The idea was popularized among modern conservationists independently by Peter Scott and Gerald Durrell in the 1950s and 1960s, founders of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and Jersey Zoo - who demonstrated considerable success with a wide variety of life forms in the 1970s ranging from birds (eg. Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC, FRS, FZS, ( September 14, 1909 – August 29, 1989 Gerald ('Gerry' Malcolm Durrell OBE ( January 7, 1925 &ndash January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, Zookeeper The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is a Wildfowl and Wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom. Jersey Zoological Park or Jersey Zoo is a 25- Acre (100000 m² zoological park established in 1959 on the island of Jersey in the Pink Pigeon), mammals (eg. The Pink Pigeon, Columba (formerly Nesoenas mayeri, is a species of Columbidae (doves and pigeons endemic to Mauritius, and now very rare Pygmy Hog), reptiles (eg. Pygmy hog ( Porcula salvania) is an endangered species of small Wild pig, previously spread across India, Nepal, and Bhutan but Round Island Boa) and amphibians (eg. Common names Round Island boa Round Island keel-scaled boa Casarea is a Monotypic Genus created for the Species Poison arrow frogs). Poison dart frog (also dart frog, poison frog or formerly poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of Frogs in the family Their ideas were independently validated by the success of Operation Oryx (under the auspices of the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society), which successfully captive bred the Arabian Oryx in 1962 and reintroduced them back into Arabia. Fauna and Flora International (formerly the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society) was founded in 1903 as the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire The Arabian Oryx ( Oryx leucoryx) is a Bovid and the smallest member of Oryx genus native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian peninsula The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab)

Such techniques are usually difficult to implement for highly mobile species like some migratory birds (eg. cranes) and fishes (eg. Cranes are large long-legged and long-necked Birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. Hilsa). Hilsa (ইিলশ Ilish) is the national fish of Bangladesh, also popular in India 's Assamese - Bengali - and Oriya

If the captive breeding population is too small, inbreeding may occur due to reduced gene pool, which may lead to the population lacking immunity to diseases and other problems. Inbreeding is breeding between close Relatives whether plant or animal In Population genetics, a gene pool is the complete set of unique Alleles in a Species or Population. Over sufficient number of generations, inbred populations can regain "normal" genetic diversity.

The Przewalski's horse has recently been re-introduced to the wild in Mongolia, its native habitat. Przewalski's Horse ( Equus ferus przewalskii, Equus przewalskii or Equus caballus przewalskii classification is debated ʃɨˈvælskiː or /zɨˈvɑːlskiː/ Mongolia (mɒŋˈɡoʊliə, literally Mongol country/nation,) is a Landlocked Country in East

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