41. The Blue Crowned Laughingthrush

The Conservationists Assemble is back with volume 41 and the first episode of 2025!

Welcome fellow wildlife avengers to the Conservationists Assemble. My name is Jonny Bloxham but here I am known as my alter ego, Captain Conservation, your friendly neighbourhood animal advocate. I am a former zookeeper with a passion for conservation education and the global efforts for threatened species and habitats around the world. I am inviting you to join me as we take the fight to our planet’s biggest villain and my arch-nemesis, extinction! Whether you’re new to animal advocacy or a veteran in wildlife preservation, this is the podcast for you!

Each week, I will be teaming up with Earth’s mightiest wildlife heroes to unify the greatest collaboration of conservationists ever known where we will be discussing our planet’s epic species and what is being done to save them. This is the conservationists assemble podcast. 

Hello everyone and thank you for tuning in to another episode of the conservationists assemble podcast. How have you all been? I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week. I want to hear all about what experiences with nature or thoughts you’ve had about wildlife this week. I want to include you all in this podcast so if you’ve visited a zoo or aquarium this week, snapped a photo or video that you wish to share or have a story about animals that you want to tell. Send them to conservationistsassemble@outlook.com

Today's episode is all about the blue crowned laughingthrush and takes the podcast's first look into the asian songbird trade

Joining me is Laura Gardner, director of conservation at the Wildwood Trust, studbook keeper for the blue crowned laughingthrush and co-convenor the global species management plan for them. I hope you enjoy the episode as Laura guides us through understanding their threats and conservation actions.

Will you join the fight?

 

You can check out more of the work for the Blue Crowned Laughingthrush here:

Pterorhinus courtoisi (Blue-crowned Laughingthrush)

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush - WAZA

BCLT-News-for-EAZA-Campaign.pdf

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi) | Summary | BirdLife International

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