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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

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…

Lesser rock skipper

In order to communicate despite its extremely noisy habitat, the Lesser rock skipper uses sign language.

Feuersalamander.NET – Network for native salamanders

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…

The picture shows the Citizen Conservation advisory boards at the 2024 advisory board meeting.

Berlin Kreuzberg nights … and the days! CC Advisory Board Meeting 2024

A weekend for species conservation: the advisory and supervisory boards of Citizen Conservation met in Berlin to exchange ideas and discuss strategy.

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