I read these two articles and I say I can see the link between them.
I agree the zoos and aquariums who say they are saving species from extermination cannot really do that as the gene pool then becomes so small that disease can easily wipe them all out.
Look at this place in Langley
http://www.mtnviewconservation.org/. It says "Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre is a leading non-profit Canadian facility." Does non-profit mean that no one is making money? I don't think so, I think that only means that after everyone is paid there is no money left over. Is this just another way to run a business is what I ask? How much is everyone paid at the Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre? How does a person find that out?
To get back to the birds. I think they tell us the truth about places like Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre and zoos and aquariums.
No one can save hundreds-thousands of birds in flocks (families) as nature meant them to be by "conserving" them can they? That is plain. It is plain that the only way to save birds from extinction is to leave them in their natural homes and they will conserve themselves. So it is plain to me that other species can't be saved from extermination by locking some of them up and charging money to look at them either.
I agree that there is no money in letting animals conserve themselves.
Verdun, PQ