Comment by userbinator
13 hours ago
It's a very strange definition. Would you consider domestic chickens "endangered"? Clearly if there are many kept in captivity and bred, there's little chance of them becoming extinct even if there are nearly none in the wild.
There is in fact a difference between domesticated animals and wild animals that are kept as pets.
Do you also find it strange that e.g. various wolves are/have been considered endangered even though dogs exist?
It's arguably different if it's the same species (wolves and dogs are considered separate even if cross-breedable) - and very few of the chicken breeds are found in the wild.
I suppose it's because we assume "endangered in the wild" means something that doesn't breed well in captivity and so is hard to reintroduce.