Species: Scimitar-horned oryx
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The lost and found oryx
Observing where scimitar-horned oryx move and how they behave after release helps us understand and protect them. We use field […]
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Milestone: the scimitar-horned oryx downlisted from Extinct in the Wild to Endangered by IUCN
After nine years of the world’s most ambitious species reintroduction program, once ‘Extinct in the Wild’ scimitar-horned oryx now roam […]
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Sandscript #30 – One Health Approaches in antelope reintroduction programs
The Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Game Reserve in Chad is the only place in the world where three species of highly […]
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Sandscript #30 – Antelope darting protocols in Chad
The tele-anesthesia and chemical immobilization of wild antelopes that the Government of Chad, the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) […]
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Sandscript #30 – Translocation in conservation: to crate or not to crate?
Humans have been translocating animals around for thousands of years. Initially for food and fiber, more recently for conservation. Sometimes, […]
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Sandscript #30 – Vaccinating antelopes before their reintroduction: a necessity?
Since 2016, the Government of Chad and the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), with the participation of Sahara Conservation, […]
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Sandscript #30 – A long-running story: the enduring search for health security common to humans, livestock and wildlife
1967. North-East Chad, somewhere towards Abéché in a region that is now gazetted as the Ouadi Rimé – Ouadi Achim […]
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Aerial survey of the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Game Reserve
An aerial survey of the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Game Reserve (OROAGR), originally planned by the Project Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim (POROA) for 2020, […]
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Oryx five years on
On March 14, 2016, scimitar-horned oryx set foot on Chadian soil after an absence of almost 40 years. Welcomed back […]
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Sahelian plains of Chad welcome 40 Scimitar-horned oryx calves
The Sahelian plains of Chad have welcomed 40 Scimitar-horned oryx calves in 2018, which were born as part of an […]
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New artificial insemination technique successfully breeds critically endangered scimitar-horned oryx
On June 30, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) welcomed a new scimitar-horned oryx, born to mother Rizzo after she […]
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Antelope conservation: exporting experience from Tunisia across the Sahara
M. Petretto, T. Gilbert, P. Riordan – Marwell Wildlife Many thanks to Marie Petretto, Tania Gilbert, and Philip Riordan for this […]
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Another 75 scimitar-horned oryx released in Chad
75 new scimitar-horned oryx have been flown from Abu Dhabi to Chad on Mid-February, as part of the Chad oryx reintroduction […]
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Chad oryx reintroduction project: they are in great shape!
In August 2017 was the third release lead in Chad with the valued support of the Environment Agency – Abu […]
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Second group of the once-extinct scimitar-horned oryx to be released into the wild
This week, conservationists will release 23 scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) into the Ouadi-Rimé Ouadi-Achim Faunal Reserve in the African nation of Chad, […]
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Oryx return to Chad thanks to UAE breeding programme
The scimitar-horned oryx has been brought back from extinction in the wilds of Chad thanks to the late Sheikh Zayed […]
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25 Scimitar-horned oryx to be reintroduced to the wild in Chad
For the first time, scimitar-horned oryx are going to be reintroduced to the wild in Chad. Extinct in the wild […]
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Sahara Conservation’s Oryx Project receives strong presidential support
As Sahara Conservation’s logo, the oryx represents the threats that face desert wildlife but also the hope that one day […]