Do the butterflies die in shipping?
It is rare that butterflies die in shipping and breeders do everything they can to prevent that from happening. The shipping policy of the IBBA was developed to protect the butterfly from expiring en route to its destination. The policy states that livestock will be packaged for shipping in containers that provide protection from temperature extremes, drop shock and compression injury. Professional, established butterfly breeders would not be able to stay in business for as long as they have if butterflies died in shipping. 5. Will there be an undesirable mixing of genes between captive bred and wild populations of butterflies? Scientists have no evidence that gene pools are adversely affected by releasing farm-reared butterflies into the wild. 6. What is behind the criticism of butterfly releases? Many serious hobbyists have taken a respected hobby out of nature and turned it into a commercial business. We are one of the only industries that actually raises livestock for the sole purp
