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gigi_fire

Do you think promoting people to raise endangered species as pets helps in awareness and conservation efforts?

Posted - October 25, 2017
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  • 5614
    How are endangered species kept as pets by irresponsible animal lovers any better off? Effects on individual animals do not translate to effects on the overall condition of the species. Would you then have them extinct in the wild but you may still see some at Joe Blo millionaire's house? This post was edited by O-uknow at October 25, 2017 10:08 AM MDT
      October 25, 2017 6:55 AM MDT
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  • 34284
    That is what zoos are for.  
      October 25, 2017 7:01 AM MDT
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  • 44618
    Our zoo had a years long program to reproduce a rare African frog. They were returned to the wild.
      October 25, 2017 10:11 AM MDT
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  • 44618
    Only if they can successfully and safely be returned to the wild.
      October 25, 2017 10:09 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    A "pet" wild animal can pretty much never be returned to the wild and survive.
      October 25, 2017 12:47 PM MDT
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  • 2500

    No, that's usually not possible. 

    And keeping wild animals as "pets" is generally illegal in the USA (there are some exceptions but those require obtaining a permit on a case-by-case basis, and then the animal is generally judged unfit to return to the wild for other reasons).

    And keeping endangered wild animals as pets, or migratory animals as pets is prohibited by Federal law. 
      October 25, 2017 12:53 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    anything is possible
      October 25, 2017 4:51 PM MDT
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