Five Big Questions: Reptile Breeding Industry

Reptile Breeding Industry!

Reptiles today are sadly decreasing in population due to many factors around the world. This could include evolutionary reasons (when an amphibian species dies out due to natural selection because that species does not have the necessity to survive) to human interaction [deforestation, the building of cities, and basically anything that the human race does that involves the environment(that could include excessive amounts of CO2 being released into the atmosphere)]. Though ironically because of some human interaction these populations have been rising thanks to the process of breeding.

There are many industries/companies involved that help in the process. Such as BHB Reptiles, LLL Reptiles, and more. It can be as simple as someone breeding reptiles in their own home just for fun or as a hobby. These companies/home hobbyists breed only for the need to have reptiles for pets. Bringing out different color variants to the animals through herpetology to create beautiful and unnaturally colorful animals.

Don't get me wrong. They do not only breed for those reasons only. They use breeding to bring the population back up of a certain animal. For example the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation team breeds reptiles or amphibians in a controlled environment. These environments are close to their true habitat in order to breed the animals and put them out into the wild resulting in population growth.

The Five Big Questions:
1. Who is involved in this process?
2. What do they do to help the population of animals, both recreationaly and environmentally?
3. When did the thought of breeding reptiles start?
4. Where does this process primarily happen?
    - and why in that area specifically?
5. Why is breeding even necessary for the world?