{"id":780,"date":"2024-09-25T02:59:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T01:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/?p=780"},"modified":"2024-09-25T02:59:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T01:59:40","slug":"once-extinct-in-the-wild-rare-bird-released-back-into-nature-for-first-time-in-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazing.greensmartmobility.com\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Once extinct in the wild, rare bird released back into nature for first time in 40 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Conservationists are celebrating as a species of bird has been reintroduced into the wild for the first time in four decades, after going extinct in the wild.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The the sihek, also known as the Guam kingfisher, has been extinct in the wild since 1988, the result of predation by the invasive brown tree snake,\u00a0according to a press release\u00a0from the Zoological Society of London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Native to Guam and culturally important to the native Chamorro, the bird species has been listed under the Guam Endangered Species Act in 1982 and on the U.S. Endangered Species List since 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For decades, there has been a global effort to conserve this species with the hopes of one day reintroducing them to their natural habitat \u2014 and recently, those efforts finally paid off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to ZSL, six sihek are officially living in the wild after being released into the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll. The historic release was hailed as a major moment for both the conservation efforts and the local culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a momentous day that has been decades in the making,\u201d said Professor John Ewen of ZSL\u2019s Institute of Zoology and Sihek Recovery Program Team Chair  Wildlife globally is under threat, and the success of seeing these birds fly in the wild once more highlights just how zoos, scientists and conservationists \u2013 working with governments and decision-makers \u2013 have the power to protect species and take huge steps in bringing them back from the very brink of extinction.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n