Moreover, whatever the motivations of
their choice, conservationists often choose
flagship species to be reintroduced. Despite
the warnings of taxonomists42 that
many invertebrates are disappearing each
year, most reintroduction efforts concern
‘charismatic’ megafauna: for example,
Californian condor (Gymnogyps califomianus),
white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus
afbicilla), griffon vulture (Gyps f&us),
Przewalski’s horse (Equus przewalskii),
white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) or
orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus)+