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Captive breeding, reintroduction and the conservation of canids

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Creative Conservation

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Captive breeding of wild animals may be pursued for utilitarian, aesthetic, educational, or scientific reasons: for consumptive use, either in meat production (Skinner, 1989) or the production of fur (Nowak et al., 1987); to provide individuals for viewing in zoos or game parks without having to capture animals in the wild and further deplete natural populations (de Boer, 1992); or captive populations of wild animals can serve as latter-day arks, reinforcing and replenishing endangered wild populations (Anderson, 1986; Seal, 1986; Foose and Ballou, 1988; de Boer, 1992).

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    J. R. Ginsberg

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  1. Zoological Gardens, Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland, London, UK

    P. J. S. Olney

  2. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK

    G. M. Mace

  3. Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Les Augres Manor, Trinity, Jersey, JE3 5BF, Channel Islands, USA

    A. T. C. Feistner

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Ginsberg, J.R. (1994). Captive breeding, reintroduction and the conservation of canids. In: Olney, P.J.S., Mace, G.M., Feistner, A.T.C. (eds) Creative Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0721-1_20

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