Turtles: Captive breeding for endangered species growing
LANGLEY, B.C. As this turtle dangles from one’s hands, its feet churn, waiting to be placed down. The turtle’s feet touch dirt for the first time but somehow, innately knowing what to do, it charges towards the shore and straight into the water.
“These animals don’t have much of a parental system. (The young) are pretty hard-wired to figure it out on their own.”
This turtle – a western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) – has never known an environment like it, only knowing its captive habitat of a large plastic tub in an aquarium. Lance Woolaver, director of Wildlife Preservation Canada, which advocates for and assists on breeding programmes said:
“It works and it’s a pretty important tool…It’s definitely something we’ll be doing more and more.”
However captive breeding has its place, but only when things get dire, this is something you do if you’re fairly desperate.” Cynthia Paszkowski said.
Habitat preservation must come first, she said. Natural habitats are much more productive than re-creations and releasing captive-bred animals.
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