Endangered species

[tanyavee]

Instead of leaving some species to die out why don't they use artificial insemination or cloning to save endangered species? Problem solved!

[netibiza]

Yes I always thought this as well tanyavee

[inferno]

The problem in most cases with endangered species  is not that they can't mate and produce young. They are usually endangered because humans have encroached on their environements and destroyed their food sources and habitats, or humans kill them for sport or food. It doesn't matter how many we produce by cloning or artificial insemination if they don't have appropriate and safe environments to live in.

Its true that we could maintain stocks in zoos, hoping that in the future they may thrive again in the wild, and this is being done, but that is not really the answer to our environmental destruction.

[45703]

Agree with inferno.