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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Cllimate change, should we preserve species?
« on: 14/09/2010 12:24:31 »
Hello everyone, I havn't been on here for a while but have a question I've been pondering and wonder what everyone thinks?
With climate change a lot of species will in all liklihood become extinct, one of which is the polar bear. Should we keep some in captivity to try to maintain the species so that they do not become extinct?
The position I've held is, to whos advantage would such an action be, theirs or ours?
If we succeeded in keeping them but they can never be released into the wild due to no longer having a home and perhaps other reasons what would the point be other than us having a pretty animal to observe?
I'm not sure that they would appreciate spending generation after generation in captivity. This is unless we perhaps domesticated them?
I'm aware that maintaining biodiversity is important, however if they can never be released into the wild and if they had no home I don't see how they could be and natural selection is not working upon them to adapt, which I think it would not be in captivity? Then what is the point?
Anyone have anything of an opinion or additional comments?
With climate change a lot of species will in all liklihood become extinct, one of which is the polar bear. Should we keep some in captivity to try to maintain the species so that they do not become extinct?
The position I've held is, to whos advantage would such an action be, theirs or ours?
If we succeeded in keeping them but they can never be released into the wild due to no longer having a home and perhaps other reasons what would the point be other than us having a pretty animal to observe?
I'm not sure that they would appreciate spending generation after generation in captivity. This is unless we perhaps domesticated them?
I'm aware that maintaining biodiversity is important, however if they can never be released into the wild and if they had no home I don't see how they could be and natural selection is not working upon them to adapt, which I think it would not be in captivity? Then what is the point?
Anyone have anything of an opinion or additional comments?