What is Extinct in the Wild?
[[File:Status iucn3.1 EW.svg|thumb|right|Picture showing ''Extinct in the Wild'' with other IUCN categories.]] '''Extinct in the Wild''' ('''EW''') is a [[conservation status]] given to a [[species]], a group of plants or animals, when the only known living members are being kept in captivity (kept in a [[zoo]] or [[aquarium]], or planted in pots), or they are no longer living in their normal [[habitat]]. {{Conservation status}} == Species examples == Examples of such animals include: *[[Lonesome George|Abingdon Island Tortoise]] *[[Red-tailed Black Shark]] *[[Père David's Deer]] *[[Barbary Lion]] (extinct in the wild since 1922) *[[Wyoming Toad]] (extinct in the wild since 1991) *[[Hawaiian Crow]] (extinct in the wild since 2002) *[[Alagoas Curassow]] (extinct in the wild since 1987 or 1988) *[[Socorro dove|Socorro Dove]] (extinct in the wild since 1972) *[[Guam Rail]] (extinct in the wild since 1980) *[[Black Soft-shell Turtle]] *[[Butterfly Goodeid]] *[[Guam kingfisher]] *[[Kihansi spray toad]] *[[Northern White Rhinoceros]] *[[Partula]] *[[Scimitar Oryx]] *[[Spix's Macaw]] == Reintroduction == Reintroduction is the release of species back into the wild. They come from captivity or moved from other areas where the species survives. It usually involves species that are [[Endangered species|endangered]] or [[extinct]] in the wild. It is very hard to reintroduce EW species into the wild, even if their natural [[habitat]]s were fixed. The main reason may be that the survival skills, which are passed from [[parent]]s to [[offspring]] during parenting, are lost. In other words, the [[genetics]] of the species are saved, but the natural skills of the species are lost. [[Category:IUCN Red List extinct in the wild species| ]] [[Category:Extinction]]