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And it is WWF's flagship report on the state of the planet, the state of nature, and what we're doing about it and what we need to do about it moving forward.

We use the Living Planet Index, or the LPI, that we develop in partnership with the Zoological Society of London.

uh we use it's an index that tells us how wild animal populations are doing on average across the globe in marine systems on land and in fresh water how are they doing and how have they been doing for the last 50 years

yeah and

In this episode, I will discuss the Living Planet Index with Louise McRae.

Louise is a researcher at the Zoological Society of London.

For several years, she has played a leading role in developing the Living Planet Index, or LPI.

The LPI is a measure of the changing state of global biodiversity, and it is updated every two years.

Uh, and then, yeah, I studied at my undergraduate and then following on from that, my master's, uh, ecology-related subjects.

And, um, and yeah, I got involved with the LPI, and there was a voluntary position advertised at, at ZSL.

Um, it was soon after the, um, the LPI became a, a joint collaborative project between the ZSL, the Zoological Society of London and WWF, um, and it was a voluntary position to come and help with the data and, and, and the database, and sounded interesting, so I went for it and, and joined the project.

Soon after that, I managed to get some funding to get a, a research position and, and yeah.

So it's completely out of, the imbalance is huge.

When you get to larger zoos like ZSL, who operate London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo, who care for 20,000 animals, it costs them a million pounds a month to run those zoos.

You're talking incredible figures.

And what we have to remember is as well, the vast majority of animals which are kept in zoos, not only in Britain, but also across the world, are not threatened with extinction.

He set out to investigate, obtaining the first tangible evidence in the form of a skull and a piece of striped skin from local hunters.

These specimens were sent to the Zoological Society of London, where scientists identified the animal as a new species closely related to the giraffe.

So in 1901, the Okapi was officially named Okapi John Stoney in honor of Harry Johnston.

To Hagenbeck, this confirmed that native reports were reliable and that large creatures remained unknown to the West even into the 20th century.

I don't know where Birchall was from.

I remember it was probably for London Zoological Society.

Who knows? How would it work?

You'd stick it on a ship, I suppose.

I felt initially sort of panic, and I had a terror of this animal dying, this little hare dying, and thinking that in some kind of way I might have contributed to its death.

Welcome to ZSL's Wildest Moments, brought to you in partnership with Mountain Warehouse, for affordable, quality outdoor gear for the whole family.

I'm Ben Fogel, and this podcast is all about extraordinary tales from celebrities and everyday explorers alike, as they share their most unforgettable encounters with the natural world.

Why now? Because this year, the international conservation charity ZSL is marking its 200th anniversary.

That's two amazing centuries of delivering wild moments to us all.

Now, I'm delighted to say that in this episode, I'm joined by British writer and foreign policy specialist, Chloe Dalton.

People have responded enthusiastically to the book, and that has given me the opportunity to continue as a writer.

And I'm thrilled that there is now a children's version of Raising Hair for Younger readers and the idea that the children might get a chance to share in the story and realize that this could be them and the kind of experience i hope they might have is just wonderful to me i'm so so grateful and i hope they enjoy it

He was British, he was born in 1829, he died in 1913.

He was a lawyer by training and a zoologist by obsession, and he spent 42 years as secretary of the Zoological Society of London.

One thing I wanna get across right away is that this man, Philip, was not a crank.

In 1858, he published one of the founding papers of biogeography, dividing the world into six zoological regions, and that framework is still taught.

On the morning of December 7th, 1905, at approximately 10.15, Valhalla's observers saw an unusual form in the water.

Commonly sighted versions place the yacht about 15 miles east of the mouth of Brazil's Parahiba River, though exact wording and spelling should follow the printed proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.

The reported sequence is central.

First, the observers saw a substantial dorsal fin or frill above the surface.

Nicole similarly described a fin or frill, followed by a long neck and small head rising ahead of it.

The witnesses considered the creature extraordinary in form and proportion.

Their account later reached the Zoological Society of London.

In June 1906, it was presented and published in the Society's Proceedings.

The menagerie closed officially as London grew and attitudes towards animal display changed.

Eventually, those relics would move into the hands of the Zoological Society of London.

The transfer marked a turning point.

Former royal beasts became part of the public museum, laying the groundwork for Regent's Park Zoo.