Wat is wrong in captive breeding of animals and birds that are endangered and using them for human needs? If we could breed, kill and eat goats, cows, fishes and poultry for human consumptions , what is wrong with breeding tigers, crocodiles, cockatoos or any endangered species that man can use? 0% 0 Votes

Absolutely nothing in my opinion. Heck, if I was Bill Gates or someone with more money than I could ever spend in a lifetime, I%26#039;d eat a different endangered species every night for dinner. That%26#039;s what being at the top of the food chain is all about. 0% 0 Votes

This is a very good question. I find nothing wrong with what you are saying. You have opened up two lines of thought. Consume and use. There%26#039;s probably no editable animals that haven%26#039;t been eaten before at sometime. Different cultures eat different meats.If that particular meat is on the danger list then by all means breed it and consume what you grow. We do that now with some shell fish and a few other species of fish.
To the question of use, then I also agree as there are numerous endangered species out there that we haven%26#039;t studied enough to find what benefit they could be to us. I%26#039;m not sure of this but I think there is a sponge off the coast of Australia that looks like it bring in a whole new family of antibiotics but there isn%26#039;t enough around to sustain harvesting.
Projects like this, I feel, would be worth funding. 0% 0 Votes

Some animals do not breed well in captivity.... %26amp; as an after thought a tiger or crockdile farm could be a real scarry place. 0% 0 Votes

There is nothing wrong with the idea - however you have to be realistic as to what type of need you mean. Some of the animals you listed are not efficient energy users. Carnivores, for example need roughly 10 times the amount of food (via the food chain) that herbivores such as cows and goats need. In other words - the meat eaters need to eat the plant eaters - and that gets rather expensive. In my opinion, some of the captive-held exotic and endangered species are important for their role as ambassadors for their wild kin. If people see and appreciated these animals in captivity, then they will be better inspired to protect them. 0% 0 Votes