African countries are working hard to preserve its wildlife. Here is how Texas can assist. By accident and design, we are turning into a possible haven for species that have been persecuted or have otherwise lost their habitat to the brink of extinction in their native nations. But there are now more than 5,000 ranches growing non-native animals in our state. By accident and design, we are turning into a possible haven for species that have been persecuted or have otherwise lost their habitat to the brink of extinction in their native nations.

Even though we congratulate Texas ranchers for saving these animals’ lives by breeding them, their conservation efforts are ineffective without oversight to ensure their survival. Texas needs to enact reasonable laws encouraging people to build breeding populations and monitor international endangered species. If not, we might simply be supporting the eradication of some of the rarest species on the planet.