CWO4GUNNER

Its sort of a moot question like deciding between which taste better natural oven roasted meats or barbecued. I would never chose between the two because they each serve a completely different taste.

bolivianbaby

I love my convict hybrid. I'm glad that it was me who took her home and that she's spoiled rotten.

kloseo

I love my BR parrots, I am ok with hybrids, if the animals will naturally breed ex puggles ect. My problem is when the only way the species will exist is if the animal is artifically inseminated ex crossing a llama with a camal produces the cama
yes it really exist but only because we have interferred

sirdarksol

The Blood Parrots only exist because we interfered, as well. The cichlids they came from wouldn't breed in the wild (mostly because they wouldn't meet).
When talking about the Cama, it should be noted that a "natural" pairing has been attempted, but it seems that mating a male llama with a female camel isn't as successful as vice-versa (the same can be seen in horse/donkey pairings. Mules are much more easily conceived than hinnys.) Allowing a natural pairing of a male camel and female llama is dangerous to the female (camels weigh around six times as much as llamas).

Also, the first cama is much more physically healthy than the first blood parrots were. Blood parrots had (and many still have) issues being able to eat, as their jaws couldn't open wide enough. This trait is being weeded out by the simple fact that those that couldn't eat very well were unlikely to survive in order to breed, but it has caused a lot of suffering to a lot of fish.
I think that this is the most important thing to consider when thinking about hybrids; the impact on the offspring. There are livebearers that will cross breed if put in the right/wrong circumstances, but the offspring will be stunted, have spine issues, etc... I don't think it's right to allow that situation to happen.

TedsTank

hybrids are fine for home aquariums. You can only hybridize with certain genetics(species),...

but if you are a species fish person then hydridization is a no-no. rare and endangered species should always be kept pure, for possible reintroduction back into the wild.