White Oak Conservation: Difference between revisions

[[File:White Oak February 2009-22.jpg|thumb|An aerial photo shows some of the animal habitats on the White Oak property. At left is the St. Marys River, which separates Georgia and Florida.|alt=]]White Oak has been successful in breeding, researching, and conserving a wide variety of species.<ref>{{cite web|title=Conservation|url=http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/conservation/|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> Almost all of the wild population decreases of the imperiled species conserved at the center can be attributed to [[habitat loss]], [[farming]], and [[poaching]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Animal Programs|url=http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/animal-programs/|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>

 

 

White Oak is, however, prominent in the zoological world, providing offspring to conservation breeding programs throughout the U.S. and the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Okapi Conservation Project|url=http://www.houstonzooblogs.org/wildconservation/tag/white-oak-conservation-center/|publisher=Houston Zoo|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="fws">{{cite web|title=Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge|url=http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43615|publisher=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bongo">{{cite web|title=www.rarespecies.org/bngoundp.pdf|url=http://www.rarespecies.org/bngoundp.pdf|publisher=Rare Species Conservation Foundation|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> White Oak also contributes to wildlife research and field conservation programs that have aided in the survival of several rare species. Additionally, an outreach program to educate about wildlife conservation is expected to start in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Education|url=http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/training-and-education/education/|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>