Wat is wrong in captive breeding of animals and birds that are endangered and using them for human needs?

Question

If we could breed, kill and eat goats, cows, fishes and poultry for human consumptions , what is wrong with breeding tigers, crocodiles, cockatoos or any endangered species that man can use?

Answer 1

it is very, very, VERY, CRUEL. why do you need to kill an innocent crocodile for your shoes? people are selfish. they are willing to kill millions of animals so they can show off their new purse. they are willing to destroy acres of trees and kill all of its benefits and its animals, so they can build their dream house. how would you like it if aliens came to our world and liked our hair. they could make handbags out of it. so they start slaughtering people for theirr handbags. then they capture you make you make babies take your babies and kill them for thei handbags. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? yes WE TREE HUGGER are against people like you with no hearts, but a lot of selfishness.

Answer 2

Well... it might actually work.

There are more tigers in captivity (as pets!) in Texas than there are in the wild.

Answer 3

If we could breed them and continue their safe proliferation while using them for reasons that would benefit us in a manner that would not bring any harm or danger to their species would be be wonderful.

Answer 4

Cause tree hugers say its cruel to animals. Have you seen that new breed of cat that looks like a leopard, pretty FN cool. I think it would be badass to have a miniture puma...or a tiny kitten that stayed in a kitten form forever! They're so fun to toss up in the air! Can I have ten points please?

Answer 5

If Steve Irwin's experience is any indication I guess it would be as wrong as breeding babies to feed to crocs.  Since humans are not endangered YET it seems more fair to me than what you are suggesting.

It is wrong in any situation to take indiscriminantly without giving back.  Your self absorption is amazing and infantile.  Grow up, stay in school, and for God's sake continue having s*x only with your hand!

Answer 6

that is the correct thing to do

If you breed it you can sell or eat it

it is a product of your imagination and energy

But it is wrong to keep robbing Nature of important componants in the eco systems ,and not replacing them

So it is wrong to kill all the iguanas because they eat a lot of bugs ,and when they are all gone we are plagued by their food that goes unchecked into overpopulations ,

But if you breed iguanas ,eat them everyday if you want .

that goes for all species

And if you breed endangered species ,you are ensuring that the specie will continue ,so this is Environmentally positive

Look ar the bison

At one time ,they were very scarce ,People started breeding them ,and now they are back on the menue ,and not in danger of exstinction any more

Answer 7

every animals were created with a purpose. the tigers etc. were not created as preys but predators. I think God want a balance of nature here. We have no right to question his purpose. Maybe the meat of these animals are not suitable for human consumption. Lets just accept that.

Answer 8

There is nothing wrong with the idea - however you have to be realistic as to what type of need you mean.  Some of the animals you listed are not efficient energy users.  Carnivores, for example need roughly 10 times the amount of food (via the food chain) that herbivores such as cows and goats need.  In other words - the meat eaters need to eat the plant eaters - and that gets rather expensive.  In my opinion, some of the captive-held exotic and endangered species are important for their role as ambassadors for their wild kin.  If people see and appreciated these animals in captivity, then they will be better inspired to protect them.

Answer 9

What use do you have for a tiger or croc?  I hope you are not proposing to eat them, as you suggested with goats (personally, I avoid eating goat).  Of course, they would just as soon eat you, too, so maybe all is fair.

Otherwise, I suggest it is best to leave them in the wild if we can but if the only way to save them is in captivity, we should do that.  It is better to be saved than not.

Answer 10

I know my environmentslist friends will object to my answer, however, I see nothing wrong  with raising and breeding endangered species in captivity.

This is a very effective way to build up their numbers so that they are no longer endangered.

Answer 11

Absolutely nothing in my opinion.  Heck, if I was Bill Gates or someone with more money than I could ever spend in a lifetime, I'd eat a different endangered species every night for dinner.  That's what being at the top of the food chain is all about.

Answer 12

Some animals do not breed well in captivity.... & as an after thought a tiger or crockdile farm could be a real scarry place.

Answer 13

This is a very good question. I find nothing wrong with what you are saying. You have opened up two lines of thought. Consume and use. There's probably no editable animals that haven't been eaten before at sometime. Different cultures eat different meats.If that particular meat is on the danger list then by all means breed it and consume what you grow. We do that now with some shell fish and a few other species of fish.

To the question of use, then I also agree as there are numerous endangered species out there that we haven't studied enough to find what benefit they could be to us. I'm not sure of this but I think there is a sponge off the coast of Australia that looks like it bring in a whole new family of antibiotics but there isn't enough around to sustain harvesting.

Projects like this, I feel, would be worth funding.

Answer 14

Absolutely nothing.

Answer 15

It's really very simple, but I guess some people are so ignorant no matter how simple the issue they still don't have a clue. Just ask yourself this, would you like to be tortured in anyway at all? No. Didn't think so. How about being bred just just to be killed? Didn't think so either. Humans aren't more important than animals. We do not have any more of a right to live than animals do. Answer your question?

Answer 16

Tigers, crocodiles, etc. are not domesticated animals. They belong in the wild, in their native or natural environment.

There are also many regulations involved when breeding and slaughtering animals for meat. Breeding isn't as easy as you make it sound. A lot of science goes into that process.

As far as harvesting non-animal endangered species and growing them in a lab may or may not be possible. But often times these plants or insects are only able to thrive in small micro-climates that are not easy to replicate.

Answer 17

lots of things. People keep complaining that populations are out of control even though it is their fault with their captive breeding. And also selective breeding can cause serious health problems, diseases, and even increase their chance of death at birth. It is very selfish, and if you watch any videos search up 'fur farming'.

P.S. If an animal is endangered, last thing u should want to do is to kill ANY of them.