Saved from Extinction - How human intervention saved 5 species (part 1)

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Song: Bleu
Artist: Owl Nest

In this week's video, we are looking at how 5 species were brought back to safe numbers after being on the brink of extinction.
1. The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
2. The Rarotonga Monarch/Flycatcher (Pomarea dimidiata)
3. The American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
4. The Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
5. The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

[ellotheearthling]

The fact that we were so close to having a world without humpback whales, american alligators, and pandas is mind blowing

[otrimapramanikdas]

My birthplace is India and there is another example of this- The Bengal tiger. In 2006 tigers in India were on the brink of extinction as their numbers had dropped to 1, 411 from 58, 000 in 1900 but after strict conservation efforts and habitat restoration their numbers doubled to 2, 967 in 2018 making India the first country to double it's tiger population before the targeted year of 2022. And now in the recent tiger census of India the population has increased to 3, 167.

[c-puff]

We just had one of our white rhinos poached a few months ago and I am still furious about it. A Game reserve near where I live was giving guided tours, and showed us and a few international tourists one of the big bulls they had. They said they cannot confirm if they have any more, for fear of poaching, and urged all tourists NOT to post any photos they might take of it to any social media of any kind. However, only a week later, the big bull was poached. It resulted in a cross-province chase with authorities, during which the poachers threw the horn out of the car, hoping it would get the authorities off their backs. But it didn't and they continued to be chased.
I don't know the reason, but my gut believes that a tourist did not listen and posted photos of the rhino to their social media, letting know where a very large male could be found.

We have a big problem with crime cartels in this country having ties to China, who so often exploit our wildlife for bogus medicine that does nothing and I am so tired of it. It sadly also causes me to harbor bad feelings towards China as a country as a whole, for allowing these continued beliefs in garbage medicine which directly affects my country, especially as our nature and wildlife is one of our biggest points of pride. Especially in a country with so much going wrong in it.

[craigsuckling]

The Black Robin of New Zealand recovered from 5 individual birds on a tiny remote rock of an island, with just one of them a being a fertile female. So every living bird today (there are around 300) descended from just one bird. Definitely one of the most remarkable conservation stories.

[davidwesley]

Another animal that came back from the brink of extinction is the California Condor .
1987 there were only 27 California Condors.
Today there are over 500 California Condors . The Oregon Zoo in Portland Oregon has 4 Male California Condors on public display.

[johnsaia]

In the US the only place to find both the American alligator and the American crocodile in their natural habitat is South Florida. They are restoring the American crocodile's numbers, but very slowly.

[MyChannel-mh]

Don't forget the Hood Island giant tortoise, which was saved by the gigachad Diego.

[gabrielneri]

Some other animals that made massive comebacks, thanks to conservation, include the american bison and the pwrezalski horse

[khrellian]

Make a part 2! I want to hear more about our success stories.

[stacierosario]

I am absolutely obsessed with your channel I just subscribed a couple of days ago and I'm so glad you are rapidly growing after doing this for 2 years! Amazing work and I can't wait to continue to listen to your soothing voice talk about animal conservation and nature related content:3

[Crystal-ksqf]

I've been watching your videos all morning .Your videos are so well put together.

[nannettefreeman]

I live in San Pedro, California, birthplace of recreational whale watching. The director of our local aquarium, an ex-lifeguard named John Olguin, arranged for some local fishermen to take tourists out on their boats during off-season back in the 1960s, & the rest is history!

We also have John to thank for saving Pt Fermin Lighthouse (where he & his family lived for many years), popularizing the "Grunion Run, " founding the Polar Bears (those nutjobs who swim in ice cold waters on New Year's Day), our 4th of July fireworks show, & making tourism to Catalina Island "a thing." He & his wife Muriel, a well-known local artist (see: Angel's Gate Cultural Center) frequently traveled through shark-infested waters to the island via rowboat!

His is a fascinating story that I highly recommend anyone who's interested in ocean conservation check out. It's hard to believe that one man did so much! His contributions towards bringing the humpback whale back from the brink of extinction alone is more than most of us will do during our lifetimes. But he did so much more!

John Olguin. Seriously. Look him up. ✌🏼

[Glassandcandy]

When my dad was a little boy in the late 50s and early 60s. He told me there were two things he almost NEVER saw: pelicans and alligators. Fast forward to when I was a young boy in the late 90s and early 00s and he would take me rides in his truck around the harbors and beach to look at all the pelicans and alligators together. He would tell me about how he always wanted to see these animals as a kid and never got to, but that he was so happy that I was able to see them now. It fostered a deep care and appreciation in me for wildlife and the desire to see more endangered species one day thrive

[olliew]

I can literally not imagine having grown up in south Florida without our neighborhood gator. Who knows about all the species stolen from us by previous generations we may have coexisted with

[jusjetz]

It really does put a smile on my face and we should never stop fighting to save the species that created our perfect but precious environment.

[DonKrieg-]

probs to all those gigachads saving the animals

[MourningCoffeeMusic]

This is most likely why Ice Age Megafauna went extinct; we just can’t leave giant animals alone.

[jamesab-]

Wow I was watching your video on animals extinct in the wild when this was posted.

[okiedokieartichokie]

I work at a nature center and I can't imagine coming to and not having my baby alligators greet me every morning. People are rill very much terrified of alligators and they ask me everyday if we "got rid of" all the alligators in the lake. Then are appalled when I tell them no.

[SnivyDoll]

Hi I just discovered your channel and I'm here to stay! But maybe a weird question, are you perhaps filipino-canadian?