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¹As classified by the IUCN, accurate as of July 2024.
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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.
We are saving animals from extinction by preserving unique genetic lines from threatened species, before they disappear forever.
At least 50 distinct genetic lines are needed to save a species. Your support allows us to safeguard the future of our natural world.
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We have preserved over 300 different species so far in our efforts to Save Animals From Extinction.
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How it works
We work with conservation organisations across the UK to protect threatened wildlife.
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.
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.
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.
HOW IT WORKS
Our techniques have been developed by reproductive scientists from world-leading institutions.
We use state-of-the-art techniques to preserve cells in a way that maintains viability, allowing them to be thawed years into the future in a living state. These samples can then be used to establish pregnancies through advanced assisted reproductive technologies (aARTs), restoring genetic diversity to endangered animal species which would have otherwise been lost.
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Zoos, wildlife parks and wildlife rescue centres entrusting Nature’s SAFE to further their conservation goals.
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Red river hog
Total Population: Unknown
Green Iguana
Total Population: Around 1.3 million in the wild
South American fur seal
Total Population: Around 200,000 in the wild
Brandt’s vole
Total Population: Unknown
Collared peccary
Total Population: More than 2,000,000 in the wild
Black-naped fruit dove
Total Population: Unknown
Black tree monitor
Total Population: Unknown
Asian short-clawed otter
Total Population: Unknown
Scimitar-horned oryx
Total Population: Around 400 in the wild
Okapi
Total Population: Less than 25,000 in the wild
Lesser Madagascan tenrec
Total Population: Unknown
Black howler monkey
Total Population: Less than 5,000 in the wild
African wild dog
Total Population: Around 6,600 in the wild
Smew
Total Population: Around 80,000 in the wild
Southern white rhino
Total Population: Around 15,000 in the wild
Komodo dragon
Total Population: Around 3,500 in the wild
Common Eland
Total Population: 90,000 to 110,000 in the wild
White naped mangabey
Total Population: Around 1,000 in the wild
Nile Lechwe
Total Population: 30,000 - 40,000 in the wild
Chimpanzee
Total Population: 170,000 - 300, 000 in the wild
Black Hornbill
Total Population: Unknown
Bush dog
Total Population: Unknown
