Wildlife Preservation Canada
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Wildlife Preservation Canada is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working on conservation and captive breeding issues in Canada. It is headquartered in Guelph, Ontario.
It was founded in 1985 by Gerald Durrell as a sister organization of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust (now Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust), and was initially known as the Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada. It was founded on the lines of its other sister organization Wildlife Trust in the United States. It also initially shared the Dodo logo with the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, before having the present logo.
The Trust supports young environmentalists with the Canada's New Noah program.
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Wildlife Preservation Canada is actively involved in the protection of critically endangered species around the world, including:
- Canada: Burrowing Owl, Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Spiny Softshell Turtle, Swift Fox, Vancouver Island Marmot
- Dominican Republic: Ridgway's Hawk
- Brazil: Woolly Spider Monkey (Muriqui)
- Mauritius: Mauritius Parakeet (Echo Parakeet), Mauritius Fody, Mauritius Kestrel, Pink Pigeon
The conservation programs usually include in-situ infrastructure development, awareness campaigns and in-situ and ex-situ captive breeding programs.
For full details of programs and updates, visit www.wildlifepreservationcanada.ca
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[edit] External links
- Wildlife Preservation Canada - the official site
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
- The Wildlife Trust, USA
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Institutions associated with: Jersey Zoo • Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust • Wildlife Trust • Wildlife Preservation Canada • Mauritian Wildlife Foundation • Madagascar Fauna Group • Programme for Belize • World Land Trust • World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival Co-conservationists: Lee Durrell • David Attenborough • Peter Scott • Jeremy Mallinson • Edward Whitley Expeditions undertaken: Argentina • Australia • Belize • Bhutan • Cameroon • India • Madagascar • Malaysia • Mauritius • Mexico • New Zealand • Paraguay • Russia • Sierra Leone Species associations: Aye-Aye • Gorilla • Mauritius Kestrel • Pink Pigeon • Pigmy Hog • Rockfowl • St. Lucia Parrot • Volcano Rabbit Books authored: The Overloaded Ark • Three Singles to Adventure • The Bafut Beagles • The New Noah • The Drunken Forest • My Family and Other Animals • Encounters with Animals • A Zoo in My Luggage • The Whispering Land • Island Zoo • A Look at Zoos • Menagerie Manor • Two in the Bush • The Donkey Rustlers • Rosie is My Relative • Birds, Beasts and Relatives • Fillets of Plaice • Catch Me a Colobus • Beasts in My Belfry • The Talking Parcel • The Stationary Ark • Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons • The Garden of the Gods • The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium • The Mockery Bird • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist • Durrell in Russia • The Fantastic Flying Journey • The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure • The Ark's Anniversary • Keeper • Toby the Tortoise • Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories • The Aye-Aye and I • Puppy Tales • The Best of Gerald Durrell Illustrators: Ralph Thompson • Edward Mortelmans • Peter Barrett • Graham Percy • Keith West • Cliff Wright Famous TV Series: Two in the Bush • Catch Me a Colobus • The Garden of the Gods • The Stationary Ark • Ark on the Move • The Amateur Naturalist • Ourselves and Other Animals • Durrell in Russia Notable others: Durrell Family • Jacquie Durrell • Lawrence Durrell • Achirimbi II • Theodore Stephanides • Douglas Botting |
