Rare Partula Snails Bred At Edinburgh Zoo Set For Release In French Polynesia‌ ‌

Some of the 2,500 tiny nocturnal snails. RZSS VIA SWNS.

Thousands of extremely rare particular snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia – to restore the species’ wild population.

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the Zoological Society of London rescued the last few surviving species in the early 1990s as part of an international conservation program.