10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

And they were the ones who, at the end of the conference, decided to get together and talk about the possibility of breeding Peregrines in captivity as a way of at least saving the species from extinction.” Feature photo of Tom Cade with Mauritius Kestrel by Carl Jones used by permission of The Peregrine Fund. And grow they did.

Falcons 184

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 184

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. With the exception of species that number in the hundreds, conservation biologists are not as concerned with the fates of individual animals, it is only when such fates of many individuals are added up do they begin to worry.

Animal Rights 265

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 265

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2011

Today the species is secure on a large number of islands and reserves. Both species had undergone massive declines since the arrival of humans and where in a perilous position in the 1970s. Both species were pushed to the brink but pulled back just in the nick of time. It worked, and the translocated birds were soon breeding.

Species 231

Species New Zealand Rats Endangered Species 231