jazzymom...
It only takes 2 healthy
GPs to produce 124(plus plus) and within a short couple of years (1 female can have even up to 8 per birth, then multiply those m/f offsprings who will again breed another litter within 3 months not counting the mom breeding again).
So... extinction is not quite likely (if you have a realistic logical mind that is; not talking about "fantasies" here), but there is more probability in the math logics for an "overpopulation" problems that the rescues & shelters are facing today!
Just do the math, and to top it off...
There will always be "people who do not know better" backyard breeding, accidental breeding & not to mentioned those stubborn people profit breedings.
Too bad these people will never be extinct.
Well, when these people go extinct...
GPs will still never be extinct as they will always have them in Peru or some other countries.
Please do not try and "justify" something everyone knows is wrong... we do not support petstores or breeders here.