Taking threatened plants and animals out of their habitat into special care is:

1. The second family of approaches moves the species instead of the habitat. 2. Zoos, botanical gardens and seed banks all work this way. 3. In ex situ conservation, threatened species are placed in a special setting. 4. There they can be protected and given special care. _Source: NCERT Class XII Biology, Ch 13 'Biodiversity and Conservation'_