Different types of Conservation

Question 1

What is In- situ

Answer 1

Working inside of an animals’s natural habitat (in the wild)

Question 2

What is ex-situ

Answer 2

working outside of an animal’s natural habitat (zoos, aquariums, safari parks)

Question 3

WHy do they do collection planning?

Answer 3

What species to have in the future and why
Zoo managers will use a collection plan to choose:
- Their role (justification) within the collection (e.g. breeding, ambassadors, public demand etc.) Ambassador - face of zoo
- Which species are held in the collection
- Social groupings (e.g. M/F mixes, min. and max. numbers)
- Space/ money for needed for enclosures
- Research and wild application potential

Question 4

WHy do zoos do captive breeding?

Answer 4

to act as an insurance population (in case the species goes extinct in the wild) and/or for reintroduction to the wild.

Question 5

What are 2 examples of collabrative breedign efforts

Answer 5

• ESB’s - European Studbook
• EEP’s -EAZA Ex situ Programme