Today is Endangered Species Day. It's worthwhile to remember that, even as the world seems to be shut down by Coronavirus, the work of saving endangered species continues. Endangered species are being bred and reared, even as the zoos and aquariums that house them are closed. Even as Brazil emerges as one of the most heavily-hit countries by the disease, with over 800 fatalities daily for the past few days, biologists are getting ready to reintroduce the critically endangered Spix's macaw to the wild. Pressure is being placed on governments to close the wildlife markets which allowed the disease to emerge in the first place.
I don't know how much longer the pandemic will go on - in some parts of the world, communities, including zoos and aquariums, are already reopening, in other places, we seem to be in for the long haul. Whatever the case, when the world gets back to a relative state of normal, endangered animals will still be there, and they will still need our help.
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