Remember this? In May this year, ZSL London Zoo launched an appeal to find a female Mangarahara cichlid (Ptychochromis Insolitus - or Madagascan fish to you and me) as the last three known members of the species- all male - were in residence at London Zoo.
Eight months and a worldwide appeal that went viral on social media later, London Zoo have announced that a small number of them have been found in the wild in Madagascar, thanks to a tip-off from a member of the public. After an expedition to find them, a group of the remaining fish have been put into a conservation project in Madagascar whilst a conservation programme is designed.
Good work ZSL, and let's hope there are more conservation success stories like this.
More on this story here.
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