Why are captive populations not an ideal way to protect endangered species ?

Animal Activists Oppose Keeping Endangered Species in Zoos

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Infringing the rights of individuals because it benefits the species is wrong because a species is not an entity with its own rights. Additionally, removing breeding individuals from the wild population further endangers the wild population.

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In conservation management of endangered species, the decision to use captive breeding programs is a high-risk and costly approach because a self-sustaining captive population that can be used for releasing individuals into the wild is not always possible and there is a risk that the acquisition of founder animals .

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