Arabian oryx reintroduction: Difference between revisions

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===Saudi Arabia===

Organized captive breeding of the Arabian oryx in Saudi Arabia began in April 1986, when 57 oryx from the farm of the late [[Khalid of Saudi Arabia|King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz]] in Ath-Thumamah (now the [[King Khalid Wildlife Research Center or KKWRC)]] were brought to the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) near [[Ta’if|At-Ta'if]].<ref name="captive/breeding/saudi">{{cite web|url=http://www.arabian-oryx.gov.sa/en/captivebreeding.html|title=Captive Breeding at the NWRC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904062306/http://www.arabian-oryx.gov.sa/en/captivebreeding.html|archive-date=2011-09-04|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref>

Between the initial 1986 founding and 1996, 33 additional oryx (including some from the "World Herd") have been introduced to the founder generation of Arabian oryx at the NWRC. Since 1996, all additions to the population have been through births.<ref name="captive/breeding/saudi"/>