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Further to your point, I read elsewhere that the base rate in captivity is closer to 0.5%.
by jbay808 5y ago
Further to your point, I read elsewhere that the base rate in captivity is closer to 0.5%.
- Stevvo 5y agoHuman behavior probably has the opposite effect in captive elephants. If a captive elephant is born without tusks then the Mahout is going to kill it rather than invest in rearing an animal that has much reduced utility and will not yield healthy offspring.
- unmole 5y agoElephants are not really bread in captivity.
- bruckie 5y agoWhile that's generally true, there are exceptions. Elephants at the Oregon Zoo have birthed more than two dozen babies over the past several decades. https://www.oregonzoo.org/node/1948/media https://www.oregonzoo.org/node/1948/media
- tokai 5y agoThey are bread in captivity. In Europe the breeding is organized by the European Endangered Species Programme. https://nhatrangbay.net.vnwww.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/EAZA-Documents-Other/EAZA-Position-Statement-on-the-Evolution-of-Elephant-Management-Systems-at-Member-Zoos-FINAL.pdf https://nhatrangbay.net.vnwww.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/EAZA-D... https://www.elephant.se/elephant_breeding_in_europe.php https://www.elephant.se/elephant_breeding_in_europe.php
- Moghammed 5y agoI highly doubt those elephants are getting killed if they don't have tusks, though.