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Christmas idea: Sponsor an animal in the Ark!- 7th November 2011
Sponsor an an endangered animal sample for the future and receive a PDF certificate detailing the animal you have saved. See http://www.frozenark.org/donations for more details.
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Frozen Ark Expert Group for the Terrestrial Invertebrates.- 7th November 2011
In association with The British Association of Zoos and Aquaria, a Frozen Ark Expert Group has been formed in the UK for the terrestrial invertebrates.
This involves developing the collection of samples from all native and captive species in the UK.
The first meeting was held in Combe Martin at The Wildlife and Dinosaur Park in July 2011 and the second will be held in Bristol in December.
In the words of the biologist Edward O Wilson ‘if human beings were to disappear tomorrow, the world would go on with little change’ but if invertebrates were to vanish ‘I doubt that the human species could last more than a few months’.
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Funding- 7th November 2011
We are extremely grateful to The Garfield Western Foundation for their recent generous grant of £30,000 to support the charity’s work.
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The Frozen Ark featured on Channel 4 with David Attenborough- 7th November 2011
The Frozen Ark is featured in Channel 4’s new series ‘Brave New World’ with David Attenborough on November 7, 2011 at 8.0pm. Samples for the collection were taken from ‘Anne’ the rescued elephant from Longleat Zoo by the project’s vet, Nic Masters and Sir David. They were transported to the Consortium Members at the Natural History Museum where they were the first samples to be placed in the NHM’s newly built Cryopreservation Unit and Sir David interviewed Dr Ann Clarke about the project.
Members of the Frozen Ark Team with David Attenborough at the Natural History Museum (Lt. to Rt. Jackie McKensie Dodds, Ann Clarke, Don McFarlane, David Attenborough, Chris Wade and Jude Smith) and Ann Clarke
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Trustee Bryan Clarke wins Darwin Medal- 31st August 2010
Professor Bryan Clarke has won the 2010 Darwin Medal awarded from Royal Society for his outstanding contribution to understanding the genetic basis of evolution.
Link to the Darwin Medal page.