read : greatest recovery of a cat species ever achieved
art ecology science & animals
Tagged breeding program
OPERATION NEST EGG
the key to this recovery program is poison — specifically, 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate), a nasty, odourless poison that is illegal in many other countries (but not australia or new zealand), due to its devastating effects on not just feral mammals, but also native species. without any native mammals to worry about in new zealand, however, and a program in place to deter inquisitive keas from picking up baits, there is great hope that such a radical eradication program will be successful. read : illegal poison is saving an animal
WELL-BRED
– the black rhino ssp manages the black rhino population in aza-accredited zoos and certified related facilities and matches animals based on their genetic lineage.read : zoo announces addition of two black rhinos
KEEPING IT OFF THE LIST
— “you can do a lot more working independently keeping it off the list, being proactive rather than reactive,” she said. “but this doesn’t mean we stop working for them. the bunny is the poster child for all the other animals that need those types of landscapes.” read article : new england cottontail stays off endangered species list
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