Editing Species reintroduction (section)

==== Middle East ====
* [[Arabian gazelle]] in [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Farag |first=Mona |date=2023-01-18 |title=Saudi Arabia to release more than 1,500 endangered animals at AlUla |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2023/01/18/saudi-arabia-to-release-more-than-1500-endangered-animals-at-al-ula/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Arabian sand gazelle]] in [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Haque |first1=Mohammad Nayerul |last2=Smith |first2=Tommy R. |date=1996 |title=Reintroduction of Arabian sand gazelle Gazella subgutturosa marica in Saudi Arabia |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(95)00100-X |journal=Biological Conservation |volume=76 |issue=2 |pages=203–207 |doi=10.1016/0006-3207(95)00100-x |bibcode=1996BCons..76..203H |issn=0006-3207|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Arabian oryx]] in the Sultanate of [[Oman]] (successful), [[United Arab Emirates]] (successful), [[Israel]] (successful), [[Saudi Arabia]] (ongoing), [[Jordan]] (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Eid |first1=Ehab |last2=Mallon |first2=David |date=2021-08-26 |title=Wild ungulates in Jordan: past, present, and forthcoming opportunities |url=https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/6811 |journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa |volume=13 |issue=9 |pages=19338–19351 |doi=10.11609/jott.6811.13.9.19338-19351 |issn=0974-7907|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group. 2017. ''Oryx leucoryx''. ''The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species'' 2017: e.T15569A50191626. <nowiki>https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T15569A50191626.en</nowiki>.</ref>
* [[Egyptian vulture]] in [[Israel]] (ongoing)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ron Efrat |author2=Ohad Hatzofe |author3=Ygal Miller |author4=Thomas Mueller |author5=Nir Sapir |author6=Oded Berger-Tal |title=Postrelease survival of captive-bred Egyptian Vultures is similar to that of wild-hatched Egyptian Vultures and is not affected by release age or season |journal=Ornithological Applications |volume=124 |issue=2 |date=5 May 2022 |at=duab065 |doi=10.1093/ornithapp/duab065}}</ref>
* [[Eurasian griffon vulture]] in [[Israel]] (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Efrat |first1=Ron |last2=Hatzofe |first2=Ohad |last3=Miller |first3=Ygal |last4=Berger-Tal |first4=Oded |date=December 2020 |title=Determinants of survival in captive-bred Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus after their release to the wild |journal=Conservation Science and Practice |language=en |volume=2 |issue=12 |doi=10.1111/csp2.308 |bibcode=2020ConSP...2E.308E |issn=2578-4854 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[Houbara bustard]] in [[Jordan]] (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-15 |title=Second batch of rare houbara bird to be reintroduced in Jordan in February |url=https://jordantimes.com/news/local/second-batch-rare-houbara-bird-be-reintroduced-jordan-february |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Jordan Times |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kurdistan spotted newt]] in Western [[Iran]] (successful)<ref>Sharifi M.. Vaissi S.. 2014. [https://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2014/23/n023p159.pdf Captive breeding and trial reintroduction of the Endangered yellow-spotted mountain newt Neurergus microspilotus in western Iran] (pdf). Endanger Species Res 23. Vol. 23: pp.159–166. doi: 10.3354/esr00552. Retrieved on March 31, 2017</ref>
* [[Lanner falcon]] in [[Israel]] (successful)<ref>Hatzofe, O. (2001). Reintroduction of raptors to Ramat HaNadiv. ''Wings over Africa. The International Center for the Study of Bird Migration, Latrun, Israel'', 190-202.</ref>
* [[North African ostrich]] in [[Israel]] (failure) and Saudi Arabia (successful)<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Bitter Fate of Ostriches in the Wild |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2007-12-25/ty-article/the-bitter-fate-of-ostriches-in-the-wild/0000017f-db5a-db5a-a57f-db7af66d0000 |access-date=2024-01-17 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Islam |first1=Zafar-ul M. |last2=Ismail |first2=Khairi |last3=Boug |first3=Ahmed |date=2008 |title=Re-introduction of the Red-necked Ostrich, Struthio camelus camelus , in Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area in central Saudi Arabia |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09397140.2008.10638286 |journal=Zoology in the Middle East |language=en |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=31–40 |doi=10.1080/09397140.2008.10638286 |issn=0939-7140|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Nubian ibex]] in [[Israel]] (successful), [[Jordan]] (successful), [[Saudi Arabia]] (ongoing), and [[Lebanon]] (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mendelssohn |first1=Heinrich |title=Mammalia of Israel |last2=Yom-Tov |first2=Yoram |date=1999 |publisher=Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities |isbn=978-965-208-145-2 |series=Fauna Palaestina |location=Jerusalem}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nubian Ibex Conservation Case Study {{!}} The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund |url=https://www.speciesconservation.org/case-studies-projects/nubian-ibex/22393 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=www.speciesconservation.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Attum |first1=Omar |last2=Awaji |first2=Malik Al |last3=Bender |first3=L. |date=2022 |title=The use of demographic data to monitor population trends of the Nubian Ibex, Capra nubiana in Jordan (Mammalia: Bovidae) |journal=Zoology in the Middle East |language=en |volume=68 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1080/09397140.2021.2021654 |s2cid=245816312|hdl=2022/27445 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Cyperus papyrus|Paper reed]] in [[Israel]]'s [[Hula Valley]] (successful)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kaplan |first1=D. |last2=Oron |first2=T. |last3=Gutman |first3=M. |date=1998-06-01 |title=Development of macrophytic vegetation in the Agmon Wetland of Israel by spontaneous colonization and reintroduction |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008420120533 |journal=Wetlands Ecology and Management |language=en |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=143–150 |doi=10.1023/A:1008420120533 |bibcode=1998WetEM...6..143K |issn=1572-9834|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Persian fallow deer]] in [[Israel]] (successful)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Constantinoiu |first=Marina |date=2020-10-15 |title=The astonishing revival of Israel's Persian fallow deer |url=https://www.israel21c.org/the-astonishing-revival-of-israels-persian-fallow-deer/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=ISRAEL21c |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Saltz |first=David |date=1996-01-01 |title=Minimizing extinction probability due to demographic stochasticity in a reintroduced herd of Persian fallow deer Dama dama Mesopotamia |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207%2895%2900041-0 |journal=Biological Conservation |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=27–33 |doi=10.1016/0006-3207(95)00041-0 |bibcode=1996BCons..75...27S |issn=0006-3207|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Persian onager]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] (successful) and [[Israel]] (successful)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lutz |first=Diana |date=2013-03-27 |title=The secret lives of the wild asses of the Negev - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis |url=https://source.wustl.edu/2013/03/the-secret-lives-of-the-wild-asses-of-the-negev/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=The Source |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zecherle |first1=L. J. |last2=Bar-David |first2=S. |last3=Nichols |first3=H. J. |last4=Templeton |first4=A. R. |last5=Hipperson |first5=H. |last6=Horsburgh |first6=G. J. |last7=Brown |first7=R. P. |date=2020-12-01 |title=Landscape resistance affects individual habitat selection but not genetic relatedness in a reintroduced desert ungulate |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320720309034 |journal=Biological Conservation |volume=252 |pages=108845 |doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108845 |bibcode=2020BCons.25208845Z |issn=0006-3207}}</ref>
* [[Red deer]] to [[Armenia]] - A programme was announced in 2013 to reintroduce the red deer to [[Armenia]]. 4 males and 11 females of the species will be purchased and transported to a breeding centre at [[Dilijan National Park]]. The [[World Wide Fund for Nature|World Wildlife Fund Germany]] and [[Orange (telecommunications)|Orange Armenia]] have provided the funds for the project.
* [[Roe deer]] in [[Israel]] (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hai-Bar Carmel Nature Reserve |url=https://en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/hai-bar-carmel-nature-reserve/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Israel Nature and Parks Authority |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wallach |first1=Arian D. |last2=Inbar |first2=Moshe |last3=Shanas |first3=Uri |date=2009-05-18 |title=Roe deer and decapitated Anemone flowers |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/ijps/57/1-2/article-p103_10.xml |journal=Israel Journal of Plant Sciences |language=en |volume=57 |issue=1–2 |pages=103–106 |doi=10.1560/IJPS.57.1-2.103 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |s2cid=215510846 |issn=0792-9978|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Acanthobrama telavivensis|Yarkon bleak fish]] in [[Israel]] (successful)<ref>Goren, M. 2014. ''Acanthobrama telavivensis''. ''The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species'' 2014: e.T61249A19009597. <nowiki>https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T61249A19009597.en</nowiki>.</ref>
* [[Arabian Leopard]] in [[Israel]] (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Atzeni |first1=Luciano |last2=Ilany |first2=Amiyaal |last3=Geffen |first3=Eli |last4=Cushman |first4=Samuel A. |last5=Kaszta |first5=Żaneta |last6=Macdonald |first6=David W. |date=2024-03-01 |title=Reviving the Arabian leopard: Harnessing historical data to map habitat and pave the way for reintroduction |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320724000016 |journal=Biological Conservation |volume=291 |pages=110440 |doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110440 |bibcode=2024BCons.29110440A |issn=0006-3207}}</ref> [[Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve]] is working on reintroduction.
* [[Persian Leopard]] in [[Israel]] (ongoing)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Female Persian Leopard settles in Israel to bolster nearly extinct species |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/syl300kpds}}</ref> The [[Ramat Gan Safari]] and the [[Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve]] are working on reintroduction.