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ELI5: How is it possible to restore species when there's just a few (10+) animals left?

Would not the gene pool be too small?

So I've read about conservation attempts at saving animals that are nearly extinct, and I'm trying to understand how is it not too late if there are so few of them left. Would not their cubs be eventually suffering from from being, well, inbred?
gpt
I don't know where everyone suddenly got the idea that inbreeding is some sort of impossible hurdle to reproduction. Sure, it's not optimal, and will result in offspring that are sometimes mildly less fit than the alternative, but it's still successful reproduction and will rapidly increase the size of the gene pool so that inbreeding is no longer a concern after a few more generations. It is what it is. Sometimes you have no choice.