Oryx: Born to rewild Ira Block/Getty
TALK about second chances: Sahara oryx are about to get a first-class ticket back to their natural mode of existence. Come March, the first 25 of a planned 500 animals will be flown from enclosures in Abu Dhabi to be released into their native habitat in Chad. It’s an example of an endangered animal making a recovery – and it’s not the only one.
Estimates suggest that up to 100,000 species are lost each year. That rate is thought to be at least 1000 times what it would be in the absence of…
