Originally Posted by
christianpfc
I have a different approach. I think due to various developments (climate change, overpopulation, food and water shortages, failing states) those animals (tigers, lions, elephants) are going to die out in the wild anyway. Why spend a lot of money and energy to slow down what is inevitable? Let them die out in the wild and keep populations in zoos where they are much better protected. One would need a large gene pool to avoid inbreeding. And some time in the distant future, when conditions have stabilized (all countries democracies, all countries developed, nobody goes hungry) introduce them back to their native habitats.