Which one of the following statements about captive breeding is false?
A) Biomagnification of the pollutant DDT in peregrine falcons and a decline in their populations lead to the first successful,large-scale captive breeding program.
B) Captive breeding is sometimes a part of efforts to restore ecosystems to a balanced,functional state.
C) Inbreeding can be a major problem facing captive breeding programs.
D) Despite major efforts to restore California condor populations in the western U.S. ,the program has had limited success because of reduced genetic heterogeneity.
E) Captive breeding is a viable strategy whenever very few individuals of a species remain in the wild.
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