Typhenn A. Brichieri-Colombi, Natasha A. Lloyd, Jana M. McPherson, Axel Moehrenschlager

“ We encourage zoos to not only increase the proportion of threatened species in respective collections, but also to create network-wide prioritization processes to identify species that would imminently benefit from conservation translocations involving captive breeding. Additionally, greater involvement likely requires an increase in the number of zoos participating in captive breeding linked to foreseeable releases. ”

“ Building on an inherent strength to make meaningful contributions to nature conservation should help zoos convincingly navigate their continued transition from (educational) entertainment parks to a genuine force for conservation. ”

“ The low overall contribution by zoos to captive breeding for release may in part reflect the limited real estate available for captive breeding in zoos. Moreover, zoos individually and even jointly often hold relatively few individual animals per species (Lees & Wilcken 2009; Conway 2011) and may not house the species in greatest conservation need. ”