ECOLOGY
HUMANS AND THE BIOSPHERE
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captive breeding
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species replenishment
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adopt a pet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Captive breeding is the process of breeding animals outside of their natural environment under controlled conditions in farms, zoos, or other closed facilities. Humans control the selection of individual animals that will be part of a captive breeding population, as well as the mating partners within that population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Captive breeding is normally used to provide individuals which can then be released into the wild (often called ‘reintroduction’) to either re-establish a population that has been lost, or to augment an existing population (’restocking’).
Detailed explanation-3: -For example, the black-footed ferret and California condor are species that have been successfully bred in captivity because wild populations had very few individuals remaining and the species was near extinction.