Conservation is key

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zoo-to-set-up-breeding-enclosures/article4284850.ece

                As a wildlife conservationist myself I am completely for the conservations methods that most zoos attempt to install. However the problem is that zoo based conservation has proven to be not nearly as productive as captive breeding conservation.  Believe it or not but many zoo animals have been found to have incest. Genetic variation is extremely important in species especially when trying to bring back a species from being endangered.

                Conservation is the number one reason most zoo keepers will say why zoos exist, however true conservation also conserves the habitat that these animals are native to. Without conserving the habitat as well as the animal itself the animal will not be able to prosper once it is released back into the wild. I would never say that zoos do not conserve because sometimes they can bring huge conservation method but there are better ways and conserving these animals, to keep them locked up is not a method of conservation in my opinion. The zoo I previously worked at had no method of conservation at all and many times small zoos do not have any means of conservation. Although most of the larger well known zoos do try and conserve, many do not have the money or methods to help in the conservation effort.