Captive breeding definition

Captive breeding means carrying out ex situ conservation of endangered wild fauna and producing the first generation of such species by breeding process for protection of genes of such species or carrying out ex situ conservation of endangered wild flora and producing seeds or planting, rearing seedlings of such species for protection of genes of such species.
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Examples of Captive breeding in a sentence

  • Captive breeding and the release of surplus ferrets continues, in efforts to augment existing sites and establish more ferret populations throughout their range.

  • Captive breeding and culture of Gila chub (Gila intermedia), headwater chub (Gila nigra), and roundtail chub (Gila robusta).

  • Captive breeding of the endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydruas ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).