I'm confuse :S What different types of animal conservations are there?

Foster Koopmann: Conservation is the same be it in a zoo or in the wild. Where you will find different forms is overall... conservation can take place through breeding, genetic testing, habitat protection, anti-poaching, research, observations, education. The list really goes on and on.In zoos the main goal is education of the public. They also focus on keeping populations of endangered animals healthy through breeding. I cannot speak for all zoos, but our zoo also takes in injured wildlife for rehab (some get released, some dint) and we also breed and release animals into the wild. There is also a great deal of research that is done be it through medical means or even observation. In the wild the focus really tends to be the same, the only addition is anti-poaching and more habitat based. There is still research, education, rescue/rehab and even breeding from time to time. Does that help?...Show more

Jeff Frizzell: The first person is right zoo's are mainly ! for educational purposes but they also have breeding programs for endangered animals, however they generally do not release animals into the wild as they were bred in captivity. Nature reserves are more 'wild conservations' these is generally a large area with free roaming animals that are protected from poachers, mainly animals in nature reserves will be monitered and tagged in order to gain more information about life cycle, migration, disease control, numbers etc. There are also goverment sectors like here in the UK we have DEFRA and DARD. These do deal with food and agriculture but they also help with fisheries management in order to help conserve marine ecosystems against over fishing, pollution, poaching etc. Monitering argicultural management also aids conservations for example, ensuring that hedges are more widely used than fences, reducing pesticides and fertilizers, fences of stream banks from animal damage and so on. There are also many other wildlife trusts ! that work around different areas, the people who work for them! generally take part in a lot of ecological surveying and conservation. I volunteer for the durham wildlife trust from time to time and some of the things we do is put up bird boxes for owls, survey bats, check nesting areas of endangered species and ensure the public do not go near them. they work with a variety of animals, insects, birds and everything in between, even checking oxygen and pollution levels of local waterways. There are so many and lots of different aspects to cover. i suggest you look up wildlife or conservation trusts in your area and also check out the work of a lot of the big nature reserves, there are many in africa but yellowstone park in america is also a good one to find out information on....Show more