Zoos and Biodiversity Conservation

Following our discussion on the role of zoos in global conservation efforts, here a couple of recently published articles addressing the issue.

Considering that conservation only became a goal and an argument recently in the history of Zoos, here some insights from the articles:

-The limited scope of the conservation efforts

-The increasing participation of zoo professionals as authors in these publications

-The need for a better understanding of the global circulation of zoo animals and their translocations for conservation

Brichieri-Colombi, et al. 2018. Limited contributions of released animals from zoos to North American conservation translocations. Conservation Biology, Volume 0, No. 0, 1–7. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cobi.13160
Che-Castaldo, et al. 2018. Evaluating the Contribution of North American Zoos and Aquariums to Endangered Species Recovery. Nature. Scientific Reports 8:9789 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-27806-2

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