“Breeding species of animals that are endangered to supplement their population in the wild can ensure their continued existence in the event of threats like the fires that razed the Amazon last year and, more recently, Australia.
Wildlife Reserves Singapore’s (WRS) director of zoology Luis Carlos Neves said the animals also serve as an ‘assurance population’ in the event the wild populations become locally extinct.”
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