Saving Endangered Species
A lengthening list
of endangered species is the consequence of the accelerating loss of
natural habitats around the world. Safeguarding habitats is fundamental
to conservation, but within that ultimate goal there is a focused challenge
to solve the particular problems faced by individual species.
For example, in
East Africa, Grevy's zebra are hunted for their skins and face competition
from domestic stock. We are gathering much needed data on their distribution
to underpin a conservation plan.
In Eastern Europe
our work on the once numerous European mink reveals they face extinction
through competition from introduced American mink - we have established
an island refuge in the Baltic where captive-bred specimens are now
breeding in the wild.
