coasterreal t1_iym5qgo wrote on December 2, 2022 at 12:44 PM

Reply to comment by birdfacebirdy in Toledo Zoo welcomes twin polar bear cubs by citytiger

If you haven't been paying attention, their habitat is disappearing pretty damn fast. Captivity may be the only way to keep them from going extinct if we continue on at this pace.

derbryler t1_iymacgj wrote on December 2, 2022 at 1:28 PM

Still extinct in the wild. They will not be able to get reintroduced as well.

But at least we can look at them in a 40m² enclosure not even displaying the behaviour they do in the wild.

Radzila t1_iymh0q1 wrote on December 2, 2022 at 2:23 PM

https://www.dw.com/en/polar-bears-in-captivity-does-it-help-or-hinder-conservation/a-19072830

derbryler t1_iymhxwi wrote on December 2, 2022 at 2:31 PM

Proves my point and the only positive thing has a might in it bro...

>Through research in zoos, we might be able to use genes from polar bears in captivity to enhance the wild population

birdfacebirdy t1_iymdj77 wrote on December 2, 2022 at 1:55 PM

This, exactly.

We cruely destroy their natural habitat and cage them in our zoos where they can fry under the sun in the summer. If this is preservation then be better let them die peacefully.