Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
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- Mountain chicken frogs flown to Europe to avoid killer fungus
- Venomous mammal, the Hispaniola solendon, and Hispaniola hutia targets of new study.
- Critically endangered "Mountain chicken" frog last haven invaded by deadly Chytrid fungus
- Critically endangered Seychelles magpie-robin relocation brings hope for the species survival
- Echo parakeet off the critical list thanks to conservation effort.
- Cayman blue iguana population doubles.
- Montserrat biodiversity assessment.
- Cayman blue iguanas breeding in the wild.
- Cayman blue iguanas breeding success.
- Montserrat eruption threatens endangered Montserrat oriole.
- Ploughshare tortoise reintroduction to Madagascar.
- Pygmy hog captive breeding and re-introduction in India.
- Spiny turtles hatch in captivity for just 4th time.
- St Lucia Whiptail lizards to be re-introduced to 2 islands.
With its international headquarters in Jersey, the Trust has built up a worldwide reputation for its pioneering conservation techniques developed under the leadership of the late Gerald Durrell. Today, Durrell is continuing to develop its overseas work in new areas of the world, with a particular focus on vulnerable communities of endemic animals which make such a valuable contribution to global biodiversity.
Visit the Durrell website. ‘When asked, as I frequently am, why I should concern myself so deeply with the conservation of animal life, I reply that I have been very lucky and that throughout my life the world has given me the most enormous pleasure. But the world is as delicate and as complicated as a spider's web. If you touch one thread you send shudders running through all the other threads. We are not just touching the web, we are tearing great holes in it.’ Gerald Durrell 1925-1995.