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The zoo in 1959 was charged with managing the international studbook for the species, which once ranged throughout Europe and Asia.

As Galton imagined it, a record of the best traits in the best families could be maintained by society—generating a human studbook, of sorts.

The goal is a centralized studbook database that documents rare plants’ pedigrees, demographics and genetics that could play a significant role in the future of rare plant conservation efforts.

When she reached out in July, the association responded by removing the offending names from its studbook.

To keep track of captive birds and their origins, Downs teamed up with geneticist Sandi Willows-Munro to create an official Cape parrot studbook.