eli5: Why is it so difficult to mate endangered species and increase their populations in the same way we mass produce cows and chickens
In: Biology
Most animals don’t take well to being locked up in captivity, they don’t breed, they don’t eat, they kill themselves trying to escape… They won’t raise their own offspring…
Another problem is that the natural territories of these animals are in other countries, and they are low on their governments’ list of priorities. So for example laws against poaching aren’t enforced because the government doesn’t have enough funds to allocate to that; they have too many other issues in their country that need funding.
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