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  1. lewis20126

    First spoon-billed sandpiper chicks hatch in captivity (WWT)

    It's not ideal, but there are some examples which do provide encouragement in respect of reintroduction. Clearly this is only appropriate where the threats in the baseline environment have been addressed. As you point out these will be immensely challenging in the case of the SBS, but perhaps...
  2. lewis20126

    First spoon-billed sandpiper chicks hatch in captivity (WWT)

    The general consensus is that the bird will be extinct in the wild very soon anyway as the population decline has been so rapid. The choice was something like this: (1) probably extinct in ten years in the wild and none in captivity or, take a hit on recruitment and.. (2) probably extinct very...
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