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✓ Published: 13-May-2024
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An extinct-in-the-wild sihek (also known as Guam kingfisher) has successfully hatched, marking a key milestone of an ambitious project to return the species into the wild. <br/><br/>The Sihek Recovery Program is an international collaboration between wildlife experts across the world – including<br/>global conservation charity ZSL – who are working together to restore a wild population of this species, which is currently only found in human care.<br/><br/>The female chick hatched on 28 April at Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas, US, and is being cared for around the clock by a team of specialists to ensure the precious youngster’s survival – including two keepers from ZSL’s conservation zoos, London<br/> and Whipsnade, who travelled to the US as part of the organisations wider initiative to recover extinct-in-the-wild species.<br/><br/>Video: ZSL/Supplied
An extinct-in-the-wild sihek (also known as Guam kingfisher) has successfully hatched, marking a key milestone of an ambitious project to return the species into the wild. <br/><br/>The Sihek Recovery Program is an international collaboration between wildlife experts across the world – including<br/>global conservation charity ZSL – who are working together to restore a wild population of this species, which is currently only found in human care.<br/><br/>The female chick hatched on 28 April at Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas, US, and is being cared for around the clock by a team of specialists to ensure the precious youngster’s survival – including two keepers from ZSL’s conservation zoos, London<br/> and Whipsnade, who travelled to the US as part of the organisations wider initiative to recover extinct-in-the-wild species.<br/><br/>Video: ZSL/Supplied
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