Helping to ensure the future of wildlife

Nature's SAFE is a wildlife biobank preserving live cells and cell tissues from animals at risk of extinction

Fea's tree frog
Preserved April 2022
Clouded leopard
Preserved October 2023
Argentine black and white tegu
Preserved July 2022
Inca tern
Preserved January 2024

Animals need our help

Animal species currently at risk of extinction¹

4 5 , 3 0 0

¹As classified by the IUCN, accurate as of July 2024.

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Our mission

The global extinction rate is higher than ever.

Komodo dragon
Preserved February 2023

1 in 1M

Baseline extinction rate

(species per year)

100x

Increase since pre-human times

 

1 in 10,000

Current extinction rate

(species per year)

From fossil records, the baseline extinction rate is estimated to be around one in every one million species per year. Since pre-human times, this has increased to at least 100 times higher.

Preventing further extinction will require the combination of habitat protection and restoration, preventing further exploitation of wildlife, controlling invasive species, mitigating the effects of climate change, protecting the health of global wildlife populations, and maintaining genetic diversity in animal populations.

Species spotlight

We are working to freeze extinction in it’s tracks.

We have preserved over 200 different species so far in our efforts to Save Animals From Extinction.

All Species
Eurasian red squirrel

Preserved January 2024

Red-footed tortoise

Preserved March 2022

Spix's night monkey

Preserved January 2023

Sumatran laughing thrush

Preserved June 2022

Green iguana

Preserved January 2024

Sumatran tiger

Preserved September 2022

Red river hog

Preserved June 2022

Mandrill

Preserved December 2021

Ring-tailed lemur

Preserved July 2022

Sacred ibis

Preserved July 2022

Nile lechwe

Preserved June 2023

Scimitar-horned oryx

Preserved May 2022

Orange-headed thrush

Preserved January 2022

Komodo dragon

Preserved February 2023

Hyacinth macaw

Preserved June 2022

Humboldt penguin

Preserved August 2022

Hamerkop

Preserved January 2024

Fea's tree frog

Preserved April 2022

Alaotran gentle lemur

Preserved July 2022

Mandanao bleeding-heart dove

Preserved April 2022

Pygmy marmoset

Preserved April 2022

Sowerby's beaked whale

Preserved August 2022

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How it works

Our process

We work with conservation organisations across the UK to protect threatened wildlife.

  • Collection

    We work with leading zoos and wildlife parks to collect biological samples from endangered animals.

    After an animal passes, or during routine veterinary procedures such as castration, we work alongside veterinarians to secure cells and cell tissues to store in our biobank.

  • Storage

    Using advanced scientific techniques, we are able to keep cells frozen in a viable living state, so that they can be thawed and used practically in endangered species breeding programmes.

    As a charity, we provide sample storage free of charge at our state-of-the-art facilities. Each conservation partner maintains ownership of all samples they have stored in our biobank.

  • Restoration & Research

    Years into the future, samples stored in our biobank can be thawed and used to viable establish pregnancies advanced assisted reproductive technologies (aARTs), restoring genetic diversity in endangered animal species.

    To keep our techniques in top shape, we use some samples from lesser threatened species to conduct innovative research to ensure live cells of each tissue type can be safely thawed and cultured.

Meet our partners

Our conservation network

Zoos, wildlife parks and wildlife rescue centres entrusting Nature’s SAFE to further their conservation goals.

Guianan Squirrel Monkey

Total Population: Around 150,000 in the wild

Inca Tern

Total Population: Around 150,000 in the wild

Clouded Leopard

Total Population: Less than 10,000 in the wild

Little egret

Total Population: 660,000 to 3,150,000 in the wild

Wolverine

Total Population: Around 13,000 in the wild

Sumatran laughing thrush

Total Population: 2,500 - 10,000 in the wild

South American fur seal

Total Population: Around 200,000 in the wild

Collared peccary

Total Population: More than 2,000,000 in the wild

Black howler monkey

Total Population: Less than 5,000 in the wild

Fea’s tree frog

Total Population: Unknown

African wild dog

Total Population: Around 6,600 in the wild

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Mandanao bleeding-heart dove

Total Population: Less than 2,500 in the wild

Scimitar-horned oryx

Total Population: Around 400 in the wild

Bactrian camel

Total Population: Less than 1,000 in the wild

Patagonian Sea Lion

Total Population: 222,500 to 265,000 in the wild

African Lion

Total Population: 20,000 - 25,000 in the wild

Asian short-clawed otter

Total Population: Unknown

Red river hog

Total Population: Unknown

Chimpanzee

Total Population: 170,000 - 300, 000 in the wild

Brandt’s vole

Total Population: Unknown