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Now, scientists are pointing to scientific success against a vanishing wildlife portfolio. Ultimately, our dependence on artificial insemination and other technology might cause humans to ignore the impending climate crisis and accompanying wildlife changes.
Technology isn’t a match for the lack of human behavior change that will stop habitat destruction, desertification, disease, hunting, and other harbingers of climate change. Artificial insemination and other technologies can’t take the place of conservation, argues
Two lion cubs were born via artificial insemination in South Africa in 2018. Imke Lueders, a scientist at Ukutula Conservation Center, where the cubs were born said “having the first lion cubs ever born from artificial insemination in their natural range country, and not in a zoo overseas, is an important milestone for South Africa. Assisted reproduction techniques are another tool in our conservation box, of course not a sole solution, but a
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After helping Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant, Cher has her sights set on freeing another elephant. As the co-founder of Free the Wild, Cher is encouraging the Edmonton Valley Zoo to free Lucy, an Asian elephant that’s lived in Canada for 40 years.
Cher wrote to Mayor Don Iveson and the Director of Edmonton Valley Zoo, Gary Dewar offering to get an independent expert in to review Lucy’s health. Free The Wild’s vet will be considered to assess Lucy’s condition at an evaluation.