If well-intentioned but misguided people set them loose in the wild, the best thing that can happen is for them to die off before they can mate with their cousins in the wild and spoil the genetic pool.
若有人好心為使野外族群不滅亡而將之放生，較好的情況是因無法回歸自然而死亡；但萬一和野外族群交配，可能破壞野外族群的品系，「影響野外基因的純度」，李玲玲憂心地說，也可能破壞台灣特有種的血緣。