The Calgary Zoo helps the caribous because they research their niche and genetics. By researching their niche it helps them to know what the caribous do and where they live so that they can give them that habitat. By researching their genes it would help them to breed them better. This would also help them to not become inbred. They also help by doing field projects and educating the public. The zoo can get visitors to help by educating them. This can help the animals because people could make donations and get the visitors more involved. If the visitors are more involved and have more knowledge they may want to help even more.The zoo may decrease biodiversity because the animals may be to used to humans so they have adapted to them. The zoo can not release these animals into the wild because they would not survive. The animals would not know how to find their own food or stay away from predators because they have not been taught this. Usually an animal would learn this from a parent. Since the animals didn't learn from a parent the rely completely on their zoo keeper(s).
Caribou in the zoo
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