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    reintroduction was primarily from two herds: the "World Herd" originally started at the Phoenix Zoo in 1963 from only nine oryx and the Saudi Arabian...
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    the smallest member of the genus Oryx, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild by the early...
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    decurved. The Arabian oryx was only saved from extinction through a captive-breeding program and reintroduction to the wild. The scimitar oryx, which was...
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    In 2016, a reintroduction program was launched and currently a small herd has been successfully reintroduced in Chad. The scimitar oryx was the emblem...
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    subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East until the mid-20th century. The Arabian ostrich's range seems to have been continuous...
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    National Park of Madhya Pradesh, India Arabian gazelle in Saudi Arabia Arabian sand gazelle in Saudi Arabia Arabian oryx in the Sultanate of Oman (successful)...
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    fruit basket of Saudi Arabia. Protected areas in Oman include the controversial Arabian Oryx Sanctuary where the reintroduction took place, and Jabal...
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    Wolf reintroduction involves the reintroduction of a portion of grey wolves in areas where native wolves have been extirpated. More than 30 subspecies...
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  • practice of captive breeding and species reintroduction. In response to the extinction of the Arabian oryx, Operation Oryx in collaboration with Phoenix Zoo...
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    Arabian Oryx, as Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan confirmed that the reintroduction of the Arabian Oryx led to a change in its status in 2011 in the IUCN Red List...
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    These programs, such as the Arabian Oryx breeding program from the Phoenix Zoo in 1962, were aimed at the reintroduction of these species into the wild...
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    Cheetah reintroduction in India is a programme initiated by Government of India to re-introduce cheetahs to India after they became locally extinct more...
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    reintroduction to the Negev desert. The Asian wild ass has already been reintroduced in the Makhtesh Ramon area of the wild, while the Arabian oryx has...
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    ecotourism with new Oryx sanctuary". Arabian Business. 23 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. "Arabian Oryx Sanctuary". unesco.org...
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    the last few Arabian oryx, which formed the basis of the world herd created for Operation Oryx and eventually allowed the reintroduction of the species...
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    'Uruq Bani Ma'arid (category Protected areas of Saudi Arabia)
    in which the Arabian oryx used to live before it became extinct in the wild. The reserve has been chosen for the reintroduction of oryx that have been...
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    central Jordan, has since been used in a breeding and reintroduction programme for the Arabian oryx, as well as other species such as the Somali ostrich...
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  • undertaken a successful captive breeding program and reintroduction efforts to reintroduce the Arabian oryx back into the wild, with the population now standing...
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  • host: scimitar-horned oryx The host specificity of this parasite is uncertain. Either it was specific to the scimitar-horned oryx and became extinct during...
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    Species translocation (category Animal reintroduction)
    April 2009). "Ten years of Arabian oryx conservation breeding in Saudi Arabia – achievements and regional perspectives". Oryx. 32 (3): 209–222. doi:10.1046/j...
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    resembles the scimitar oryx, but can be distinguished by its horns and facial markings. While the addax is spiral-horned, the scimitar oryx has decurved 127 cm...
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  • herds. The reintroduction process faced many challenges and setbacks due to poachers and an oil pipeline being built on Oman's Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in...
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    A long-term systematic approach to planning reintroductions: the Persian fallow deer and the Arabian oryx in Israel. Animal Conservation, 1:245-252. Wikimedia...
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    participated in species reintroduction programs including the peninsular bighorn sheep to the local mountains and returning Arabian oryx to Oman. The gardens...
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    Blanford's fox and Arabian wildcat. The central section of Oman has vast stretches of gravelly desert with very little vegetation. The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary was...
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    conservation, all of which house whole, protected specimens for breeding and reintroduction into the wild when necessary and possible. These facilities provide...
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    generations. With the discovery of oil in the area and the reintroduction of the Arabian Oryx in the area which has provided job opportunities for Harsusi...
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    Nubian ibex (category Mammals of the Arabian Peninsula)
    numerous other herbivores, including rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), gazelles (Genus gazella), and Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus)...
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    "Practise what you preach: a faith-based approach to conservation in Indonesia". Oryx. 48 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1017/S0030605313001087. ISSN 0030-6053. Harrison,...
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  • Species reintroduction By taxon Arthropods Insect hotel Birds Hawaiian honeycreeper raptors golden eagle Fungi Land mammals American bison Arabian oryx bears...
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