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Three Addax fly by TAP to Johannesburg

26th November 2007 Print
Three female Addax – a mammal of the Bovidae family – on loan from the Lisbon Zoological Garden to Pretoria Zoo in South Africa, arrived on November 15 on flight TP283, destination Johannesburg. The Addax is a species threatened with extinction as its natural habitat has practically wiped out.

According to IUCN – World Conservation Union, which declared the species as critically threatened in 2000 (the highest threat level immediately prior to extinction), estimated that only around 200 animals remain in the wild.

The Addax reproduction in captivity program primarily aims to create a viable population, ensuring the necessary genetic variation so that it will be possible to reintroduce the species into its natural habitat where it is threatened with extinction.

To be able to ensure the continuity of this program, there is a need to exchange animals between the series of participating zoos, the reason why Lisbon Zoological Garden sent these three female Addax to Pretoria Zoo.

TAP has extensive experience in the transport of live animals and is very proud to associate itself with projects in the defense of threatened species and wildlife.