: About Me

An aspiring writer (aren't we all?) who loves life, nature, art, history and good food.

My passion is ...

Italy, great food, great literature, beautiful art, travel, nature

I know too much about ...

food

My parents always told me ...

shut up and go play outside

My childhood ambition ...

to be a vet

My favorite memory ...

first trip up Table Mountain in the cable car

Why I write ...

Because I have to (inner compunction and all that)

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

nowt right now

My first job ...

Night security watchman

My best moment ...

still working on it

My inspiration ...

Nature

Politics, News & Issues > Conservation In calculating endangered fish species, should hatchery populations be counted or just wild fish?

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It is standard practice when conducting a census of any given species that the 'captive' and wild populations are tallied separately. This is done because there is seldom any guarantee that the 'captive' population can sustain itself once released into the wild. Two useful examples to illustrate this point are the scimitar-horned oryx of northern Africa and the Waldrapp Ibis of Africa, Europe and Asia Minor. The Scimitar-horned oryx is considered extinct, as no population is known to exist in the wild, despite healthy populations existing in zoos worldwide. A reintroduction program is unde...

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