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<h2 id="animals">Animals</h2> <p>White Oak has been successful in breeding, researching, and conserving a wide variety of species.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Almost all of the wild population decreases of the imperiled species conserved at the center can be attributed to <a href="/facts/Habitat_loss/pyPMkBCY">habitat loss</a>, <a href="/facts/Farming/TGztqzJs">farming</a>, and <a href="/facts/Poaching/UgYKJV0E">poaching</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>White Oak is prominent in the zoological world, providing offspring to <a href="/facts/Breeding_program/PzQHzr4T">conservation breeding programs</a> throughout the U.S. and the world.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> White Oak also contributes to wildlife research and field conservation programs that have aided in the survival of several rare species. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/">Official website</a> </li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=White_Oak_Conservation¶ms=30.7304_N_81.7187_W_">30°43′49″N 81°43′07″W / 30.7304°N 81.7187°W / 30.7304; -81.7187</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"White Oak Conservation - Animal Conservation in Yulee, Florida". White Oak Conservation. Retrieved September 30, 2020. <a href="https://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/" target="_blank">https://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"White Oak History". Retrieved June 3, 2013. <a href="http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/wop/white-oak-history/" target="_blank">http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/wop/white-oak-history/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Conservation". Retrieved June 3, 2013. <a href="http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/conservation/" target="_blank">http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/conservation/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Animal Programs". Retrieved June 3, 2013. <a href="http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/animal-programs/" target="_blank">http://www.whiteoakwildlife.org/animal-programs/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"The Okapi Conservation Project". Houston Zoo. Retrieved June 3, 2013. <a href="http://www.houstonzooblogs.org/wildconservation/tag/white-oak-conservation-center/" target="_blank">http://www.houstonzooblogs.org/wildconservation/tag/white-oak-conservation-center/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved June 3, 2013. <a href="https://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43615" target="_blank">https://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43615</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"www.rarespecies.org/bngoundp.pdf" (PDF). Rare Species Conservation Foundation. Retrieved June 3, 2013. <a href="http://www.rarespecies.org/bngoundp.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.rarespecies.org/bngoundp.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>