On Keeping Wild and Exotic Animals in Captivity
Habitat of many wild and exotic animals is disappearing due to human encroachment, and the only way to save many species from extinction is thru captive breeding.
Duration : 0:7:59
Habitat of many wild and exotic animals is disappearing due to human encroachment, and the only way to save many species from extinction is thru captive breeding.
Duration : 0:7:59
xeileen916x December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
I have submitted …
I have submitted pictures to to Rexano to be used. I have two squirrel monkeys as pets. Since I was a young girl I was always fascinated by them. I have a 2 year old male and a 4 year old female. Awesome little guys.
timbalionguy December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Wildcatz, captive …
Wildcatz, captive cats adapt very well to captivity; this is as much part of their survival mechanism as hunting is. Although we all hope and pray for a bigger ‘wild’, the real truth is that the ‘wild’ will go away. (Even then, future release into the wild is not the main reason people keep captive lions.) Better is a happy lion who is well adapted to life in captivity (and maybe someday domesticated) than an extinct lion who lived only in the wild.
kipluck December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Most of us in …
Most of us in REXANO have exotic pets, some are only interested in them, some breed them, some sell them. Just depends. REXANO isn’t, like A breeder, or A place, they are more like a club. It is made up of a bunch of people. The videos are made by members of the group about their animals and supporting our causes of Responsible Exotic Animal Ownership.
windap55 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Do you breed and …
Do you breed and sell wild animals, or do you have them as pets?
claudiaeli04 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
keep doing what …
keep doing what your doing great job
a15singh December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
all i can say is …
all i can say is give me an fing break!
flugtug08 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
I think your all …
I think your all idiots, a specie such as a tiger is millions of years in evolution, i hardly believe that a few years of captive breeding to promote population numbers is going to damage its geneiology. Also if these animals had a place to go where they could be safe and free from human contact that would be great! but us humans are arseholes so they dont. so good people give up their lives to creating a home so they can exist, so my kids kids can know what a tiger is and not have to imagine
wildcatz05 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
due to the …
due to the unregulated breeding the exotic animals are usually highly inbred. If they were going to introduce those animals it would harm the existing population
reproduction in the wild favors mutation/adaptation in a way breeding in captivity never can. fact can be found on any biology book.
wildcatz05 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
they dont need to …
they dont need to be poached, they need to be in peace in nature, the enviroment without human intervention will provide them hard living conditions, lions need to fight with another lions to protect their pride. tigers need to suffer hunger for a few days before make a sucessful hunt.THESE ARE TOUGH CONDITIONS TO WHICH I REFER,an indivudual may be happy in you home but captivity is not healthy for the whole specie in an long term point of view. is not viable way to protect them from extinction.
wildcatz05 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
nature have …
nature have millions of year working fine without us, (which means without the need of keeping wild animals in captivity) if we want to repair the damage we did. all we need to do is let nature go ahead.
if captivity become the only way to survive for any specie the mechanisms of their evolution (natural selection and speciation) will change or desapear. making them unable to come back to the wild. in a long term view obviously
REXANOEXOTICS December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Where do you come …
Where do you come up with this stuff, lion becoming another species, environment makes up the biology, let nature go ahead, it is not what they want, it is not what they need, and cant be sure where they came from? So you are saying they need to be extinct, poached, killed for their body parts. Do you have any information based on facts, rather than your mis-informative opinion?
wildcatz05 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
animals will become …
animals will become extinct if we continue exploiting their world to satisfy our consumerist lifestyle. is not our obligation to provide them a “new home” is our obligation just let them in peace and let nature go ahead.
and remember you cannot be sure about where your exotic pet came from, perhaps comes from a herd of animals who were murdered for defending their pups
wildcatz05 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
learn a bit about …
learn a bit about biology and realize that the enviroment that make lions become lions and tigers become tigers is VERY different that the enviroment in your home. even if you could provide them huge space enough and quality food and distractions the ambient of your home or ranch is NOT what they need
wildcatz05 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
there are a lot of …
there are a lot of misinformation in this video.
animals are like they are because the evolutionary forces make them. because that
wild ambient and hard living conditions are needed to keep an strong genotype in the population. they don’t have such conditions in a backyard or ranch. if lions would become domesticated they eventually let to be lions and become another specie
sophmirah December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
animals are just …
They drink milk from th mom just like babies. Theyve got feelings too. i love animals. great video!
animals are just like humans. they have a dad, mom and the kid.
tikercat December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Animals enjoy a …
Animals enjoy a stress free life in captivity. no predators to steal food or kill their young. responsible owners know their animals well and look for signs of illness in their behavior. captive breeding is healthy!
jillerz18 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
i think keeping an …
i think keeping an animal in captivity could be good cause they might not be able to survie in the wild and many other reasons but its bad cause unfortunatly some places these animals are being kept are in conctrete cages or on more concrete and only used for deplacy its kinda a bitter sweet thing…
charmingbanana December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
thanks for such …
thanks for such detailed explaination
but no, i never feed my cat veggies lol
timbalionguy December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Charmingbannana, …
Charmingbannana, carnivores are designed from the ground up to eat other animals. This is especially true of the cats, which must have meat in their diet. Their bodies are so used to eating high protein meat that they can no longer synthesize some common amino acids (building blocks of protein). These amino acids are only synthesized in the bodies of animals they eat. They also need vitamins only produced in animal bodies. If thesy do not get these important nutrients, they will die.
charmingbanana December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
why is feeding a …
why is feeding a carnivorous animal a veggie diet leading to premature death ..
thomaskirby169 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Animal with …
Animal with heartbeats. Animals with tails. Animals that have teeth. Animals that don’t have teeth. Animals that have scales, fur, or feathers. That’s just to name a few.
KVedd December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Since this is such …
Since this is such a commonality, can you please name three types of animals who live better lives in captivity?
eapcar December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
I AGREE WITH YOU …
I AGREE WITH YOU 100%
Love the video!
thomaskirby169 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
Kimberly, humans …
Kimberly, humans and animals have a lot of fun living together. Getting together like that just makes life more enjoyable.
thomaskirby169 December 6th, 2008, 11:50 am
That doesn’t even …
That doesn’t even make sense, SnowLeopardQueen. Private breeding helps preserve the animals until such time as we can create better wild habitats. Banning ownership of exotics puts them at much greater risk of extinction. Try to think with your brain, please.