Jim Breheny

Celebrating Zoos and Aquariums on Endangered Species Day

In Changing PlanetMay 15, 20152 Comments

By Jim Breheny WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) commemorates Endangered Species Day today at all five of our wildlife parks in New York City. It is an opportunity to recognize that we are all stewards of this planet and that the fragile balance of the Earth’s biodiversity is in our hands. Many species are threatened with…

Saving Other Turtles from George’s Lonesome Fate

In WildlifeOctober 24, 201217 Comments

Wildlife Conservation Society

By Jim Breheny This summer marked the sad and untimely death of the most famous tortoise in the world, Lonesome George. When speaking of turtles and tortoises time, of course, is a relative thing. At an estimated 100 years of age, this Galapagos native was still relatively young by the standards of his genus. Nevertheless,…

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