May 20, 2024

Fighting to save Venezuela’s Orinoco Crocodile

Orinoco Crocodile

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, it is critically endangered, having suffered an 80-percent population reduction in just three generations in the early and mid-1900s.Efforts that started in 1990 to breed new crocs in captivity have seen some 10,000 freed back into the Venezuelan wild.But their numbers have not significantly increased. Full article -> PHYSorg

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