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benmasters88 t1_ix9cq2a wrote

Reply to comment by LiveEatSleep123 in AskScience AMA Series: I'm a wildlife filmmaker who's spent years tracking and filming the endangered ocelot population in Texas. Ask me anything! by AskScienceModerator

Yes definitely. A captive breeding program is definitely a possibility and there are vets that collect the semen from wild cats when they;re caught. The struggle is that its' very expensive, time consuming, and the captive bred cats don't release as successfully as wild cats due to their pampered upbringing

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LiveEatSleep123 t1_ix9dblm wrote

Maybe their upbringing could be done in a simulation of their natural habitat to make them as close as possible to the wild one. I don't know, but it sure is good to know that there still is a chance of them repopulating

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