Melbourne Zoo/San Diego Lord Howe Stick Insect Collaboration
An interesting article detailing the partnership between Melbourne Zoo and San Diego on the conservation of the Lord Howe stick insect:
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Working to Conserve Critically Endangered Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
The Lord Howe Island stick insect breeding program at the San Diego Zoo is part of an ongoing, collaborative conservation effort to conserve the rarest insect on the planet—which was previously thought to be extinct on the island of the same name until a few individuals were rediscovered on a tiny nearby volcanic spire called Ball’s Pyramid in 2001.
Upon the insect’s “rediscovery,” two pairs were brought to the Australian mainland for breeding—one to the Melbourne Zoo, which has successfully maintained this species in managed care and pioneered best practices for its recovery. The San Diego Zoo has partnered with Zoos Victoria/Melbourne Zoo since 2012 and is one of only two zoos outside of Australia and the only zoo in North America to work with this species.
See link for full article.
An interesting article detailing the partnership between Melbourne Zoo and San Diego on the conservation of the Lord Howe stick insect:
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Working to Conserve Critically Endangered Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
The Lord Howe Island stick insect breeding program at the San Diego Zoo is part of an ongoing, collaborative conservation effort to conserve the rarest insect on the planet—which was previously thought to be extinct on the island of the same name until a few individuals were rediscovered on a tiny nearby volcanic spire called Ball’s Pyramid in 2001.
Upon the insect’s “rediscovery,” two pairs were brought to the Australian mainland for breeding—one to the Melbourne Zoo, which has successfully maintained this species in managed care and pioneered best practices for its recovery. The San Diego Zoo has partnered with Zoos Victoria/Melbourne Zoo since 2012 and is one of only two zoos outside of Australia and the only zoo in North America to work with this species.
See link for full article.
