Global News - June 2008
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Conservationists release rare beetles into the wild
Mon 30 June 2008 17:00 UK — North America,Other
Conservationists in the US have released 225 pairs of rare American burying beetles into a forest in a bid to help the insects survive.
Officials from Wayne National Forest in Ohio revealed that they had released the endangered species as part of their efforts to reintroduce the threatened insects in the region.
The move came after surveys in 2006 and 2007 found that there were no American burying beetles in the area.
In fact, the last official sighting of the beetles in Ohio was back in 1974. The new residents will be carefully monitored for signs of breeding activity.
Athens district wildlife biologist Lynda Andrews commented: "The American burying beetle was once a part of the diverse historic fauna found in the Buckeye state. I am a firm believer that no native species is insignificant enough to not care about its continued existence."
In the past, American burying beetles were common across eastern North America. However, their numbers have declined steadily since the 1920s and they are now typically only found in Block Island in Rhode Island, eastern Oklahoma and on the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska.
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