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These oryx became the core of the Oman herd in the wild, though there were several other releases of captive bred animals over the next two decades.<ref name="arabian/oryx/timeline"/> The area of their release became the [[Arabian Oryx Sanctuary]].
On June 28, 2007, Oman's Arabian Oryx Sanctuary was the first site to be removed from the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage List]]. UNESCO cited the Omani government's decision to open 90% of the site to [[Hydrocarbon exploration|oil prospecting]] as the main reason for this decision. The Arabian oryx population on the site has been reduced from 450 oryx in 1996 to only 65 in 2007, mostly due to poaching and illegal live capture. There are now fewer than four breeding pairs left on the site.<ref name="UNESCO world heritage">{{cite web|url=
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