Captive Breeding Programs

  More than 100 years after being declared extinct in the state, 10 of the strongest and healthiest Australian bilbies from Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo have been released into a protected area of the Sturt National Park in the most north-western corner of New South Wales. For Dubbo-based senior zookeeper Steve Kleinig a long career in conservation has brought many golden moments, but releasing the bilby is one of the best. "I've been at Western Plains for the last 19 years, and I've been lucky enough to be involved in quite a few conservation projects over the years," he said. "But when the first bilby was released, the cameras were on and everyone has crowded around, and to see the emotion on everyone's face; that was very overwhelming. "It definitely was a career highlight, that's for sure." Five male and five female bilbies were flown from Dubbo in the cold early hours of September 11 to Tibooburra, as part of the Wild Deserts Program....

  Sir David Attenborough makes stark warning about species extinction By Justin Rowlatt Chief environment correspondent Sir David Attenborough returns to our screens this weekend with a landmark new production. The tone of the programme is quite different from his usual work.  For once Britain's favourite naturalist is not here to celebrate the incredible diversity of life on Earth but to issue us all with a stark warning. The one-hour film, Extinction: The Facts, will be broadcast on BBC One in the UK on Sunday 13 September at 20:00 BST.  "We are facing a crisis", he warns at the start, "and one that has consequences for us all." W hat follows is a shocking reckoning of the damage our species has wrought on the natural world. Scenes of destruction There are stunning images of animals and plants you would expect from an Attenborough production, but also horrific scenes of destruction. In one sequence monkeys leap from trees into a river to escape ...

  Tassie devil relative the mulgara reintroduced into NSW a century after extinction A tiny carnivorous marsupial has been reintroduced to NSW after being declared extinct in the state more than a century ago. Erin Lyons   The mulgara was declared extinct in NSW more than a century ago. Picture: Handout via NCA NewsWire Source:NCA NewsWire They may be small but the mulgara is mighty.   The tiny carnivorous marsupial, which is related to the Tasmanian devil, was declared extinct in NSW more than a century ago. But thanks to local scientists, the mysterious crest-tailed mulgara has been reintroduced to the state and will make Sturt National Park it's new home.   The team behind the initiative, which is led by UNSW’s Wild Deserts project, is hoping to establish a self-sustaining population in the depths of the state’s northwest away from the prying eyes of cats, rabbits, and foxes.   Two enclosures spanning across 2000 hectares each have bee...

 Captive Breeding Program Bronx Zoo Breeding Program for the South American Andean Cock of the Rock: The Andean Cock of the Rock is widely regarded as the national bird of Peru. It is estimated that this species is not currently under threat but its usual terrain is. Males are known for their bright orange plumage, while the females are brown in colour, to enable them to blend into the rocks at the time of nesting. An artificial rock face is part of the birds' zoo exhibit. These birds are found in tropical and sub-tropical rain forests. The female usually lays two eggs.      The Bronx Zoo welcomed not one but two chicks in 2018-2019, the first successful breeding of this South American species at the zoo in 40 years (since 1979).   By using some new techniques, which included a slow increase in the preferred food provided to its resident three hens and also increasing the number of 'rain showers' provided, it was hoped that this seasons breeding period wou...