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Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort
Over 100,000 greater Bermuda snails have been reintroduced, establishing six colonies and preventing extinction through a global conservation partnership.
- On February 7, Chester Zoo announced the greater Bermuda land snail has been brought back from the brink with more than 100,000 bred and reintroduced into Bermuda.
- A 2014 rediscovery in Hamilton, Bermuda revealed survivors flown to Chester Zoo after declines from habitat loss, pesticide use, and invasive predators such as 'wolf snails' and carnivorous flatworms.
- Breeders used specialist pods in northwest England to scale up numbers, and 2019 initial releases followed after Chester Zoo husbandry team refined methods and created the first breeding guide.
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Chester StandardHow Chester Zoo helped save a snail once thought lost forever
A tiny snail once thought lost forever has been brought back from the brink of extinction.
·Wrexham, United Kingdom
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