We have been responsible in the past few years (for) re-introducing them to Jordan, we have also a bilateral agreement with Syria. "United Arab Emirates is in the forefront. The animals were introduced to the United Arab Emirates 10 years ago, and the Al Maha Desert Resort, established in 2004, now has at least 450 oryx.Īl Abdessallam said: "We have formed an Oryx Conservation Group covering the original countries, and we are cooperating. Re-introductions in Kuwait, Iraq and Syria have also been proposed, according to the IUCN. The first re-introduction of 10 animals was in Oman in 1982, and it was subsequently extended to Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and, most recently, Jordan. International Union for Conservation of Nature.Operation Oryx, which included the World Wildlife Fund and Phoenix Zoo, in the United States, was set up in 1962 to establish a herd in captivity - comprising the last remaining animals and those in royal collections - to prepare to reintroduce them into the wild. Now after the re-introduction into the wild, poaching is a threat." Thabet Zahran Al Abdessallam, of the Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi, said: "Hunting was the principal reason, but of course the loss of habitat due to the development and population increases (is) another reason. The conservation organization said it is believed that the last remaining wild individual was shot in Oman in 1972. The organization said it was the first time that a species which was once "extinct in the wild" has improved in status by three full categories out of six on its Red List. It is an unprecedented conservation success story, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which recently re-classified the Arabian oryx from "endangered" to "vulnerable." Today this large antelope, native to the Arabian peninsula, is back from the brink with 1,000 animals across five Middle Eastern countries, thanks to a breeding program and series of re-introductions. Today there are 1,000 animals in five countriesĭubai (CNN) - Forty years ago the Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild.A herd was established in captivity before a series of successful re-introductions.
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