Experts want ‘extinction risk’ as the new wildlife conservation gage
A Mountain Bongo feeds from a trough in a breeding pen at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy where five of the antelopes were released on March 09, 2020 into a sanctuary beneath the mountain under a world-leading programme to save the extremely rare forest antelopes from extinction in the wild. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP
Most efforts involving conservation of wildlife that is on the brink of extinction happen too late, scientists say as they are calling for early assessment and advance measures to forestall last minute rush to save such species.
“Most conservation efforts are reactive. Typically, a species must reach threatened status before action is taken to prevent extinction such as establishing protected areas,” said the scientists led by Prof Marcel Cardillo from the Australian National University.
