Genetics and Breeding of Wildlife

Breeding management is especially important in captive wildlife species to ensure genetic diversity and integrity   Human Intervention Human-controlled wildlife breeding is a controversial topic that is faced with a variety of formidable obstacles in both...

Introduction to Biotechnology in Wildlife Biotechnology refers to all the techniques that are associated with the improvement or altering of biological organisms. In wildlife management, biotechnology that is associated with the manipulation of reproduction may find a...

Liger which is bred from a male lion and a female tiger; b – Mule which is bred from a male donkey and female horse; c – Zedonk/Zonkey which is bred from a zebra and a donkey Unfortunately, people want to manipulate and interfere with nature and in doing so have come...

Once animal populations become so endangered that only a handful of individuals are left, it becomes very difficult to reestablish a viable population from the limited genetic pool available Natural populations are threatened by various factors, such as pollution,...

Different genetics result in subspecies of the same species having slightly different traits and abilities. Wildlife genetics can also bring a population back to life which are near extinct Over the past decade, wildlife production in South Africa has grown into a...