Ben
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Post by Ben on Feb 20, 2005 23:25:28 GMT
Great page Peter!! Very informative, I hope more animals get added to this page, perhaps some of the recently rediscovered animals can be saved by increasing their numbers and establishing a captive population
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Post by Peter on Feb 21, 2005 13:39:29 GMT
Thanks! I will add some more animals. Melly and others have given some suggestions! And if you have some, please post! All help is welcome!
And indeed hopelfully the rediscovered will actually be saved, as some of them have very very low numbers. And can still be seen as critically endangered, so in theory might go extinct soon if nothing has been done. And than most likely for real!
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Post by Melanie on Feb 21, 2005 14:00:58 GMT
By the way i've forgotten some other species like the American Bison, the Whooping Crane, The Trumpet Swan and the Bald Eagle.
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Post by aspenparkland on Feb 21, 2005 16:51:00 GMT
Hi, One of the biggest success stories is the North American Beaver,. The fur trade neary wiped them out and now they're often considered a pest. And Bison conservation has moved towards large scale restoration CHeck out the Great Plains Restoration Council www.gprc.org/ttyl, Kevin
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Post by sebbe67 on Feb 21, 2005 20:22:46 GMT
Grevy zebra in east Afria is another one which ones was very rare but in some areas in northern Kenya it is today one of the most reugalred seen animals.
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Post by Melanie on Feb 24, 2005 12:38:44 GMT
Another unbelievable conservation success story was the one of the Trumpeter Swan. From an alltime low of 73 in 1935 to 18.000 in 2002 that is unique.
Or take the Mallorcan Midwife Toad from 19 in 1985 to 500 in 2004. That was the merit of the Gerald Durrell Conservation Trust.
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Post by Peter on Feb 24, 2005 13:55:46 GMT
Thank you for all these suggestions! Very helpful! ;D
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