With interest in exotic pets on the rise, some people have gone into the business of breeding wild animals in captivity, claiming not just to make money from them but to be protecting them from extinction as well.
近來更有人在養出興趣後，專門以人工繁殖野生動物為業。如白鼻心、黃喉貂、甚至台灣獼猴都有人做繁殖，除了買賣，並自稱是保育動物，使它不致絕種。