{"id":15009,"date":"2021-09-07T11:30:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T01:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=15009"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T04:45:39","slug":"today-is-national-threatened-species-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2021\/09\/07\/today-is-national-threatened-species-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is National Threatened Species Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On\u00a07\u00a0September 1936<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the last Tasmanian tiger died\u00a0in Hobart Zoo,\u00a0signaling\u00a0the extinction of the thylacine species.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sixty\u00a0years later in 1996,\u00a07 September was declared National Threatened Species Day. This day was intended to reflect on what happened to the thylacine species and how other species may meet similar fates unless appropriate action is taken.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">National Threatened Species\u00a0Day\u00a0highlights\u00a0the errors of the past, shows\u00a0what we can do to protect our native plants and wildlife,\u00a0and celebrates\u00a0the\u00a0success stories that have\u00a0arisen from\u00a0continued recovery and protection work.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can read more about National Threatened Species Day, including the listings of threatened and near threatened species<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/environment.des.qld.gov.au\/wildlife\/threatened-species\/threatened-species-day\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Griffith University is committed to sustainability and has many excellent researchers doing valuable work in this space. You can read their\u00a0research on the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/research-repository.griffith.edu.au\/discover?scope=%2F&amp;query=endangered+Australian+species&amp;submit=\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Griffith Research Repository<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0via Griffith Library.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00a07\u00a0September 1936,\u00a0the last Tasmanian tiger died\u00a0in Hobart Zoo,\u00a0signaling\u00a0the extinction of the thylacine species.\u00a0\u00a0 Sixty\u00a0years later in 1996,\u00a07 September was declared National Threatened Species Day. This day was intended to reflect on what happened to the thylacine species and how other species may meet similar fates unless appropriate action is taken.\u00a0\u00a0 National Threatened Species\u00a0Day\u00a0highlights\u00a0the errors of<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2021\/09\/07\/today-is-national-threatened-species-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Today is National Threatened Species Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":18382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[161,162],"class_list":["post-15009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-researchers","category-students","tag-events","tag-general"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Vanessa Gatt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2021\/09\/blog-threatened-species-day-1000x0-c-default.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}