Arabian oryx reintroduction: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Reem-Lavan001.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Arabian oryx at Chay Bar Yotvata, Israel]]

The [[Arabian oryx]] (''Oryx leucoryx''), also called the white oryx, was extinct in the wild as of 1972,<ref name="arabian/oryx/oman"/> but was reintroduced to the wild starting in 1982.<ref name="yalooni/transfer"/> Initial reintroduction was primarily from two herds: the "World Herd" originally started at the [[Phoenix Zoo]] in 1963 from only nine oryx<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oryxoman.com |title=The Arabian Oryx Project (Sultanate of Oman) Web site |accessdate=2009-09-25}}</ref> and the Saudi Arabian herd started in 1986 from private collections and some "World Herd" stock by the Saudi National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabian-oryx.gov.sa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904061937/http://www.arabian-oryx.gov.sa/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2011-09-04 |title=Saudi Arabian "conservation programme for arabianArabian oryx" Web site |accessdate=2009-09-25 }}</ref> As of 2009 there have been reintroductions in [[Oman]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Israel]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], and [[Jordan]], and as of 2013 the [[IUCN Red List]] classifies the species as vulnerable.<ref name="redlist/oryx/details">{{cite web|url={{IUCNlink|15569}} |title=IUCN Redlist (Arabian Oryx) |accessdate=2014-10-01}}</ref>

==Decline of a species==