Against a backdrop of wide-scale extinctions some animal species have survived a close shave with extinction and are recovering
20 January 2016
Oryx: Born to rewild Ira Block/Getty
TALK about second chances: Sahara oryx are about to get a first-class ticket back to their natural mode of existence. Come March, the first 25 of a planned 500 animals will be flown from enclosures in Abu Dhabi to be released into their native habitat in Chad. It’s an example of an endangered animal making a recovery – and it’s not the only one.
Estimates are lost each year. That rate is thought to be at least 1000 times what it would be in the absence of…
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