World's rarest ducklings hatched

[kiang]

Eighteen Madagascan pochards - the world's most endangered duck - have hatched in a captive breeding centre.

This brings the world population of the ducks to just 60.

BBC Nature - World's rarest ducklings Madagascan pochards hatch

 

[Maguari]

It's not every day you oversee a nearly 50% increase in a species' population! Congrats to WWT, Durrell and all involved!

 

[DavidBrown]

This is good news. Thanks for posting it. Hopefully they can get their numbers way up and reintroduce them to some of their former habitat.

 

[kiang]

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