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RE: With the whole e-mail scandal...

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Posted by: Chance at Tue Dec 15 12:32:50 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Chance ]  
   

You make a good argument in regard to the captive propagation idea but here's the problem: no wildlife biologist in his/her right mind is going to take animals from someone's private collection and introduce them back into the wild. Unless it is being bred in a zoo or other wildlife facility, there's simply no way to be 100% sure about the genes, not to mention the potential for pathogens. Animals kept in private collections are just typically not viable candidates for reintroduction.
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