The question here, as I understand, is not whether breeding programmes are ethical, but whether misleading the general population with false information is ethi

The question here, as I understand, is not whether breeding programmes are ethical, but whether misleading the general population with false information is ethical. Is it ethical to ask for donations or ticket prices to zoos by giving people the impression that their money will (partially) go to conservation efforts, while the money is spent to breed animals that cannot survive in the wild but only for "marketing" purposes?