11.   The Brazilian government, wildlife trade watchdog agencies and breeders have offered their support to a breeding programme now in operation at Sao Paulo Zoo.

12.   Scientists at Liverpool University are now drawing up a breeding programme for the UK herd.

13.   The thefts are ruining breeding programmes.

14.   The majority of animals are bred in the zoo as a part of a captive breeding programme or are exchanged amongst the zoos.

15.   China is to launch a major breeding programme to boost numbers of its most famous native animal, the endangered giant panda, a report said Thursday.

16.   The United Arab Emirates has completed its most successful breeding programme yet of endangered houbara bustards, officials said on Sunday.

17.   The zoo is also engaged in the most ambitious breeding programme in the region, involving catching threatened species, breeding them and releasing them back into nature.

18.   It was hoped she would become pregnant as part of a breeding programme.

19.   The Johannesburg Zoo is involved in an international breeding programme for red pandas.