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Information about a species' reproductive biology may be critical to the success of a captive breeding program. [2] [3] [4] In some cases a captive breeding program can save a species from extinction, [5] but for success, breeders must consider many factors—including genetic, ecological, behavioral, and ethical issues. Most successful ...
Under Kentucky law, you cannot legally “sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange or to give away baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits, under two months of age in any quantity less ...
Breeding programs play a role in the conservation and preservation of the cheetah and the African wild dog. A breeding program is the planned breeding of a group of animals or plants, usually involving at least several individuals and extending over several generations. There are a couple of breeding methods, such as artificial (which is man ...
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Males of the egg-type breeds have little commercial value at any age, and all those not used for breeding (roughly fifty percent of all egg-type chickens) are killed soon after hatching. Such "day-old chicks" are sometimes sold as food for captive and falconers birds of prey. [21] The old hens also have little commercial value.
The Attwater's prairie chicken is one of the most endangered endemic species of the United States, its biggest threats are habitat loss caused by industrialisation and natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey. [3] Captive-breeding programmes have been established at the Fossil Ram Wildlife Center, Abeline Zoo, Caldwell Zoo, Houston Zoo, and NASA.
Attwater's prairie-chicken has been on the endangered species list since March 1967 when an estimated 1,070 birds were left in the wild. [11] By 2003, fewer than 50 birds remained in the wild. In 1999, The Nature Conservancy decided to permit new drilling close to primary breeding grounds on Texas land owned by the Conservancy.
Animal breeding is a branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation (using best linear unbiased prediction and other methods) of the genetic value (estimated breeding value, EBV) of livestock. Selecting for breeding animals with superior EBV in growth rate, egg, meat, milk, or wool production, or with other desirable traits has ...