Preservation breeding is an attempt by many animal breeders to preserve bloodlines of animals, either of a rare breed, or of rare pedigrees within a breed. One purpose of preservation breeding is to protect
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Breeding — is the producing of offspring, usually animals or plants* Animal breeding, through selected specimens such as dogs, horses, and rabbits * Plant breeding, through selected specimens such as treesBreeding may also refer to:in science: * Biobreeding … Wikipedia
Breeding back — can be described as either a natural or a human attempt to assemble or re assemble the genes of an extinct subspecies or of a domesticated breed, which may still be present in the larger gene pool of the overall species or other interbreedable… … Wikipedia
Preservation Island — is a low and undulating granite and calcarenite island, with an area of 207 ha, in south eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group,… … Wikipedia
Preservation Islets — The Preservation Islets are a close group of small granite islands, with a combined area of 0.93 ha, just north west of Preservation Island in south eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass… … Wikipedia
preservation — 1) the process of storing organisms in a museum indefinitely by some process that halts decay. Fishes are preserved by immersion in formalin (an aqueous solution of formaldehyde) at concentrations depending on the size (thickness) of the specimen … Dictionary of ichthyology
preservation — Maintenance of individual organisms, populations, or species by planned management and breeding programs. Cf. conservation … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
Fauna and Flora Preservation Society — Fauna and Flora International (formerly the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society), was founded in 1903 as the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire by a group of British naturalists and American statesmen in Africa. It was… … Wikipedia
Carnivore Preservation Trust — Infobox zoo zoo name=Carnivore Preservation Trust 100px date opened=1981 (Official) [http://www.cptigers.org/about/history.asp Carnivore Preservation Trust About CPT History ] ] location=Pittsboro, North Carolina, USA area=55 acres)… … Wikipedia
Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869 — Infobox UK Legislation short title=Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869 parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom long title=An Act for the Preservation of Sea Birds statute book chapter=32 33 Vict. c. 17 introduced by=Christopher Sykes (MP)… … Wikipedia
Captive breeding — Captive breedingis the process of breeding rare or endangered species in human controlled environments with restricted settings, such as wildlife preserves, zoos and other conservation facilities; sometimes the process is construed to include… … Wikipedia
