Local Conservation Research Highlights
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Przewalski Horse, Ollie, is alive and well at San Diego Zoo Safari Park. This species was brought back after 40 years of extinction.
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Over 100 Northern White Rhinos have successfully been bred at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, but are no longer sustainable due to limited reproduction in females. Efforts to give this critically endangered species leverage to survive are underway.
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park
The Burrowing Owl
The San DIego Zoo Wildlife Alliance teams up with wildlife management groups to combat the extinction of burrowing owls, whose habitat in San Diego County has been declining. The SDWA has been analyzing the DNA of burrowing owls throughout the globe to uncover why these owls are in a reproductive crisis, and to find ways to apply cellular techniques to help this species thrive.
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Biobanks like the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo® are designed to secure the lives of endangered plant and animal species. It uses cryopreservation, which keeps the banked materials living. There are over 10,000 DNA samples stored at the Frozen Zoo®.
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AUG 8, 2024
The Pandas’ Return and Background on Panda Diplomacy
On the noon of August 8th, 2024 the two pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, made their return to the San Diego Zoo after spending five years in China. But why did these two bears leave for China anyway? There is a set agreement between China and the rest of the world that allows “panda loans” with a practice called, “panda diplomacy” which dates back to as far as 618 C.E. during the Tang Dynasty.
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