Wildlife Roundup: the Good News

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Wildlife Roundup: the Good News

Reuters' Gopal Sharma profiles Nepal's efforts to save the Gharial crocodile through a captive breeding program and intensive management. Nepal's had quite a bit of sucess, too. While only 100 crocs are left in the wild, that's double the number a few decades ago. There's some good news for the United State's strugg ling Mexican gray wolf population. Results from a recent wolf census show that population has climbed 16%, and it's the first time we've seen a population increase for two consecutive years since 2003. Despite this good news, however, there are still only 58 wild grey wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. The St. Louis Zoo and federal biologists are preparing to reintroduce endangered American burying beetles to Missouri's Wah-Kon-Tah pprairie. The Zoo has been raising the beetles for seven years and has over 350. In a Colombian article covering the reintroduction ...

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