Captive Breeding Programs in Zoos Could Be Important for Biodiversity

question 8

Multiple Choice

Captive breeding programs in zoos could be important for biodiversity in the wild because:

• A)even if a species goes extinct in the wild, there will still be members of the species in zoos.
• B)a threatened species with low population sizes can be bred in zoos to increase their total global population size.
• C)individuals raised in zoos could be released into the wild in order to reestablish natural populations.
• D)endangered species in zoos provide a way to preserve genetic diversity for the species.

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