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This page has been created as a resource for working members of the media. It contains recent news releases and media materials from Lincoln Park Zoo. For more information, contact Sharon Dewar at
312-742-2246 or sdewar@lpzoo.org.

PDF NEWS RELEASE 4/28/2008
Lincoln Park Zoo Launches First-of-its-Kind Wildlife Reintroduction Database
PDF MEDIA ADVISORY
LINCOLN PARK ZOO HOSTS FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE REINTRODUCTION CONFERENCE
PDF NEWS RELEASE 2/27/2008
LINCOLN PARK ZOO HOSTS FIRST INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE REINTRODUCTION CONFERENCE
PDF B-ROLL VIDEO
Broadcast quality B-roll video of the recent reintroduction of trumpeter swans hatched at Lincoln Park Zoo and released to the wild in Illinois is available for download.
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Trumpeter Swans were nearly hunted to extinction by 1900. Thanks to captive breeding and reintroduction programs, they now thrive in many parts of the Midwest. Lincoln Park Zoo was founded in 1868 with a pair of swans; today, the zoo actively participates in breeding and recovery efforts to return this majestic swan back into the wild.
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Lincoln Park Zoo Keeper Lauren Brown prepares a trumpeter swan for release into the wild.
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A male trumpeter swan from Lincoln Park Zoo is released at Johnson Sauk Trail State Park in north-central Illinois on April 30, 2007. This was the first release of trumpeter swans in Illinois.
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Guam rails were nearly extinct by the mid-1980s after an invasive species, the brown tree snake, was inadvertently introduced to the island of Guam via cargo ships, decimating the rail population. The last few birds were removed from Guam in an effort to save the species from extinction. Lincoln Park Zoo is actively involved in their breeding and reintroduction efforts.
The red wolf is one of the world's most endangered wild canids. It is one of two species of wolves in North America, the other being the gray wolf. Once common throughout the southeastern United States, red wolf populations were decimated by the 1960s due to intensive hunting and loss of habitat. In an effort to save them from extinction, the last 17 individuals found to exist were brought into captive-breeding programs. By the late 1980s, experimental reintroduction programs began. Today about 100 red wolves are living in the wild and about 150 remain in the captive-breeding program. Lincoln Park Zoo is home to a breeding pair of red wolves and is an active supporter of the reintroduction program.
Lincoln Park Zoo Keeper Annette Van Der Griend prepares a red wolf pup for his first physical.

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