Animal husbandry saves species
Citizen Conservation – working together against species extinction. People from animal husbandry, science and civil society save endangered species through conservation breeding.
Have joy, find fulfillment, sow hope –good reasons to do what makes sense
The extinction of species is one of the most visible symptoms of the threatening development on earth. The positive news is that everyone can make a tangible contribution to stopping the disaster. The extinction of species is one of the most visible symptoms of the threatening development on earth. The positive news is that everyone can make a tangible contribution to stopping the disaster.
Citizen Conservation brings together people who want to do something. As a coordinated conservation breeding program, Citizen Conservation turns citizens into conservationists, guides, inspires, creates knowledge and saves species from extinction.
News & Features
Who are you? Our AI species puzzle
CC species meets AI art: what kind of wondrous creatures does artificial intelligence create from the descriptions of our fosterlings? We have tried it out!
Citizen Conservation at the annual conference of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA)
At the EAZA Conference 2024, over 1000 participants from more than 50 countries took part in 130 individual events.
Tiger Limia
The Tiger Limia lives exclusively in the Caribbean's largest freshwater lake in Haiti. But its situation in the crisis-ridden country is precarious ...
More animal welfare, not a positive list!
Citizen Conservation signs joint position paper of key stakeholders on the amendment of the German Animal Welfare Act.
Phantasmal Poison Frog
Likelihood of confusion among frogs. How the ‘guppy’ among frogs became an endangered frog species: the story of the Phantasmal Poison Frog.
CC at the World Congress of Amphibian and Reptile Researchers
Every four years, the scientific community of amphibian and reptile researchers meets to network. We were in the centre of it all on Borneo.
Annual report 2023
New Advisory Boards, new animal class, new species – the year 2023 at Citizen Conservation.
Citizen Conservation in Hanover: a house for amphibians
On the initiative of Citizen Conservation, representatives from nature and species conservation, wildlife husbandry and research are coming together to bundle ex-situ and in-situ…
Biannual report 1 / 2024 – Consolidation
Almost all of the new species added to CC in 2023 have now arrived in the participants' aquariums and terrariums. While some of the long-established species are reproducing…
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The fight against species extinction is a task for society as a whole. Everyone can join in and make a tangible contribution.
Our mission
The fight against species extinction is a task for society as a whole. Everyone can join in and make a tangible contribution.