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reasonsforhope · 4 months

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"In one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, a remarkable thing has happened—the scimitar-horned oryx, once declared extinct in the wild, is now classified only as endangered.

It’s the first time the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization, has ever moved a species on its Red List from ‘Extinct in the Wild’ to ‘Endangered.’

The recovery was down to the conservation work of zoos around the world, but also from game breeders in the Texas hill country, who kept the oryx alive while the governments of Abu Dhabi and Chad worked together on a reintroduction program.

Chad... ranks second-lowest on the UN Development Index. Nevertheless, it is within this North African country that can be found the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve, a piece of protected desert and savannah the size of Scotland—around 30,000 square miles, or 10 times the size of Yellowstone.

At a workshop in Chad’s capital of N’Djamena, in 2012, Environment Abu Dhabi, the government of Chad, the Sahara Conservation Fund, and the Zoological Society of London, all secured the support of local landowners and nomadic herders for the reintroduction of the scimitar-horned oryx to the reserve.

Environment Abu Dhabi started the project, assembling captive animals from zoos and private collections the world over to ensure genetic diversity. In March 2016, the first 21 animals from this “world herd” were released over time into a fenced-off part of the reserve where they could acclimatize. Ranging over 30 miles, one female gave birth—the first oryx born into its once-native habitat in over three decades.

In late January 2017, 14 more animals were flown to the reserve in Chad from Abu Dhabi.

In 2022, the rewilded species was officially assessed by the IUCN’s Red List, and determined them to be just ‘Endangered,’ and not ‘Critically Endangered,’ with a population of between 140 and 160 individuals that was increasing, not decreasing.

It’s a tremendous achievement of international scientific and governmental collaboration and a sign that zoological efforts to breed endangered and even extinct animals in captivity can truly work if suitable habitat remains for them to return to."

-via Good News Network, December 13, 2023

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rockandroar · 3 months

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Outta the way! The kings of Metal are charging in! 🤘🏼Meet Steel Stampede, fronted by the legendary Grant Ruffalo. In the world of Rock & Roar, heavy metal music was originated by, and belongs to, animals with horns, and that’s the origin of the “🤘🏼” hand symbol. The last image is a drawing of Grant from all the way back in 2013. Miles will meet these guys in chapter 4!

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sabbathism · 4 months

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the Verticality of Devotion

my piece for the @finalityzine ! so proud to have been a part of this and to be featured alongside so many powerhouses of art

#destiny 2 #destiny the game #destiny art #the witness #rhulk #rhulk destiny #calus #emperor calus #xivu arath #savathun #oryx #oryx the taken king #nezarec #eramis #bungie #my art

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gaurdibuja · 11 months

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The witch queen campaign was absolutely amazing, don't you think? I wanted more about savathûn, but well things didn't end up well between us :/

Hope you at least enjoy this drawing I made! Thank you so much for your support!

Consider following me on other social media if you want to give my drawings and my some love!

https://twitter.com/GaurDibuja https://www.instagram.com/gaurdibuja/?hl=es

#artists on tumblr #artwork #destiny 2 #digital art #lightfall #destiny 2 art #destiny 2 lightfall #destiny the game #destiny #savathûn #the witch queen #lucent hive #oryx #the hive queen #savathun #fanart #osiris

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synnthamonsugar · 1 year

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Destiny // Favorite Posts (Part 2/??)

#destiny shitposting #mara sov #eris morn #ikora rey #oryx #drifter #toland the shattered

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demonogeny · 6 months

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Metamorphosis

II — Savathûn — Imago Unfurl — Verse 8:2 — The Witch:

"My brother's greatest acts of navigation were his metamorphoses. That was his tactic: he would change everything about himself so that he could survive this universe."

#oryx #oryx the taken king #aurash #destiny #destiny 2 #destiny the game #destiny art #destiny hive #destiny fanart #destiny 2 fanart #fanart #artists on tumblr #Demonogeny art

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cannontranscharacteroftheday · 5 months

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Trans Character of the Day