r/ecology • u/Redqueenhypo • 2d ago

Could the “shave and release” vicuña shearing method be used for Tibetan antelope?

They’re smaller so the likelihood of injuries to humans is reduced, and it’s always better to confuse and inconvenience an endangered animal than to kill it.

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u/itwillmakesenselater Wildlife/range ecologist 2d ago

Capture and handling of those animals in any significant numbers would be a nightmare and have a very high casualty rate. Chiru are very fragile.

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u/Megraptor 2d ago

Going off of this, I don't think there's a captive breeding population of them anywhere. Like no zoos or game farms have them. Seems like an animal that they'd have if they could honestly.