Animals need our help
¹As classified by the IUCN, accurate as of July 2024.
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1 in 1M
Baseline extinction rate
(species per year)
100x
Increase since pre-human times
1 in 10,000
Current extinction rate
(species per year)
From fossil records, the baseline extinction rate is estimated to be around one in every one million species per year. Since pre-human times, this has increased to at least 100 times higher.
Preventing further extinction will require the combination of habitat protection and restoration, preventing further exploitation of wildlife, controlling invasive species, mitigating the effects of climate change, protecting the health of global wildlife populations, and maintaining genetic diversity in animal populations.
Species spotlight
We have preserved over 200 different species so far in our efforts to Save Animals From Extinction.
All Species
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At least 50 distinct genetic lines are needed to save each species.
On average, it takes £100 to preserve cell and tissue samples from one animal. That’s at least £5,000 to preserve an entire species.
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We work with conservation organisations across the UK to protect threatened wildlife.
We work with leading zoos and wildlife parks to collect biological samples from endangered animals.
After an animal passes, or during routine veterinary procedures such as castration, we work alongside veterinarians to secure cells and cell tissues to store in our biobank.
Using advanced scientific techniques, we are able to keep cells frozen in a viable living state, so that they can be thawed and used practically in endangered species breeding programmes.
As a charity, we provide sample storage free of charge at our state-of-the-art facilities. Each conservation partner maintains ownership of all samples they have stored in our biobank.
Years into the future, samples stored in our biobank can be thawed and used to viable establish pregnancies advanced assisted reproductive technologies (aARTs), restoring genetic diversity in endangered animal species.
To keep our techniques in top shape, we use some samples from lesser threatened species to conduct innovative research to ensure live cells of each tissue type can be safely thawed and cultured.
HOW IT WORKS
Our techniques have been developed by reproductive scientists from world-leading institutions.
We use state-of-the-art techniques to preserve cells in a way that maintains viability, allowing them to be thawed years into the future in a living state. These samples can then be used to establish pregnancies through advanced assisted reproductive technologies (aARTs), restoring genetic diversity to endangered animal species which would have otherwise been lost.
Our scientists have already demonstrated proof-of-concept for our cryopreservation technologies. For example, in 2021 we stored tissue cells from a cheetah. In 2022, we thawed those cells and cultured them, proving that they had successfully been preserved in a living state.
Learn MoreMeet our partners
Zoos, wildlife parks and wildlife rescue centres entrusting Nature’s SAFE to further their conservation goals.
Argentine black and white tegu
Total Population: Unknown
Caribbean flamingo
Total Population: 150,000 to 205,000 in the wild
Spix’s night monkey
Total Population: Unknown
African Lion
Total Population: 20,000 - 25,000 in the wild
Babirusa
Total Population: Less than 10,000 in the wild
Scimitar-horned oryx
Total Population: Around 400 in the wild
Asian short-clawed otter
Total Population: Unknown
Chimpanzee
Total Population: 170,000 - 300, 000 in the wild
Lesser Madagascan tenrec
Total Population: Unknown
Collared peccary
Total Population: More than 2,000,000 in the wild
Sacred ibis
Total Population: 200,000 to 450,000 in the wild
Hyacinth macaw
Total Population: Around 6,500 in the wild
Guianan Squirrel Monkey
Total Population: Around 150,000 in the wild
Patagonian Sea Lion
Total Population: 222,500 to 265,000 in the wild
Orange-headed thrush
Total Population: Unknown
Black tree monitor
Total Population: Unknown
Hamerkop
Total Population: Unknown
Inca Tern
Total Population: Around 150,000 in the wild
Little egret
Total Population: 660,000 to 3,150,000 in the wild
Parma Wallaby
Total Population: 1,000 - 10,000 in the wild
Black howler monkey
Total Population: Less than 5,000 in the wild
African wild dog
Total Population: Around 6,600 in the wild
Red Panda
Total Population: Less than 10,000 in the wild
Capybara
Total Population: Unknown
