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Ex situ management can occur within or outside a species' natural geographic range. Individuals maintained ex situ exist outside an ecological niche . This means that they are not under the same selection pressures as wild populations, and they may undergo artificial selection if maintained ex situ for multiple generations.
The first historically documented discussions regarding the Calauit Safari Park took place when Ferdinand Marcos approached David Anthony "Tony" Parkinson, [3] an Englishman whose business venture at the time was the translocation of African animals into zoos, on the sidelines of the Fourth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD IV) held in May 1976 in ...
The main objectives of the park are ex-situ conservation of endangered species, wildlife education, and research for wildlife conservation and management. [16] The zoo aims to maintain a viable and healthy population of animals in naturalistic enclosures while facilitating public visitation.
See: Wildlife sanctuaries of India- For Example: Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary; Bandhavgarh National Park; Bandipur National Park; Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary; Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Idukki district, Kerala state; Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka state; Dudhwa National Park, Lakhimpur Kheri District, Uttar Pradesh
Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in the Mehsana district of North Gujarat. [1] It is one of the major wetland in Gujarat and it surrounds the Thol lake . [ 2 ] It is famous for its migratory birds and was notified as Sanctuary in 1988 under Sec. 18 of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 . [ 3 ]
National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km 2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for the protection of the Critically Endangered gharial, the red-crowned roof turtle and the Endangered Ganges river dolphin.
Members use the basic biologic information (age, sex, parentage, place of birth, circumstance of death, etc.) collected in the system to care for and manage their animal collections (including demographic and genetic management in many cases). It is also used for ex situ breeding programs and supporting conservation research and programs.
Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan Gir, is a forest, national park, and wildlife sanctuary near Talala Gir in Gujarat, India. It is located 43 km (27 mi) north-east of Somnath , 65 km (40 mi) south-east of Junagadh and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of Amreli .