An Oahu tree snail on a leaf

Photo By/Credit

David Sischo/Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

Date Shot/Created
06/28/2024
Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
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For decades, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has supported snail conservation and recovery work in Hawaii, especially in partnership with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. Some of that work involves captive breeding of the Oahu tree snail, a species that has been extinct in the wild since 1991.
Subject tags
Captive breeding
Conservation
Conservation science
Extinction
Partnerships