Up to 48 species saved from extinction by conservation efforts, study finds

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Up to 48 bird and mammal extinctions have been prevented by conservation efforts since a global agreement to protect biodiversity, according to a new study.

The Iberian lynx, California condor and pygmy hog are among animals that would have disappeared without reintroduction programmes, zoo-based conservation and formal legal protections since 1993, research led by scientists at Newcastle University and BirdLife International found.

The study, published in the journal Conservation Letters, estimates that extinction rates for birds and mammals would have been three to four times higher over that period, which was chosen because 1993 is when the UN Convention on Biological Diversity came into force.

Researchers say that between 28 and 48 bird and mammal species were saved.

 

They include the Puerto Rican amazon, a small parrot that had dwindled to only 13 wild individuals in 1975, and was saved from extinction by a reintroduction programme in a state park on the Caribbean island. The original group was wiped out by hurricanes in 2017.

In Mongolia, around 760 Przewalski’s horses roam the steppes once again, despite having become extinct in the wild in 1960. Reintroduction efforts in the early 90s mean there is now a self-sustaining wild population of the animals.

S: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/10/up-to-48-species-saved-from-extinction-by-conservation-efforts-study-finds-aoe

[sarahb 17,213]

But I was told zoos are just for entertainment 

[Woolfsmck 2,763]

4 hours ago, sarahb said:

But I was told zoos are just for entertainment 

Preventing extinction of endangered species is what they do with the profits....

I work at the San Diego Zoo now btw.

[RAMROD 117,327]

21 minutes ago, Woolfsmck said:

I work at the San Diego Zoo now btw.

Are you assigned to any particular animals to take care of?

[Woolfsmck 2,763]

52 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

Are you assigned to any particular animals to take care of?

Building and Grounds ...I'm not qualified as an animal keeper.. 

I been working the pre open shift.. cleaning walkways and sanitizing high touch points with anti-covid spray...ect...

[sarahb 17,213]

1 hour ago, Woolfsmck said:

Preventing extinction of endangered species is what they do with the profits....

I work at the San Diego Zoo now btw.

Yeah I know, the last thread I saw on here about zoos was all 'zoos bad' comments. I volunteer at one. 

I was supposed to go the San Diego Zoo in June but Covid