Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
There are other, greater interests to consider. When animal welfare and nature conservation are in conflict, nature conservation must be recognized as more important. Yes, this is an issue of nature conservation.


Don't do it. That's the absolutely worst thing you could do.


The laws of nature do not say how things should be. Also, we're not talking about breeds, we are talking about species.


That is absolutely no excuse for doing it deliberately.


By random genetic mutations becoming visible through inbreeding, not cross breeding.


And they set a piss-poor example, and they generally do not release the offspring.


1. It's not fine for them to produce hybrids and 2. it hasn't happened completely naturally.


And how do you figure that? Apart from me, nobody here would be prepared to use them as feeders. And note: I'm half a world away.


Listen to sound advice. You might not like what you hear, but don't do anything as stupid as releasing those offspring.
I agree with most the things you posted but with some of the answers you gave I think you may have misinterpreted what the situation is. From your comments I get the feeling you think my statements are different than they were. You need to read all the posts and not just the last few. I do appreciate your input, thanks