Endangered Mountain Vipers Born At St. Louis Zoo

ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN VIPERS BORN AT ST. LOUIS ZOO

Lebanon Daily Record
Sept 3 2013

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Nine endangered snakes indigenous to Turkey are now calling the St.

Louis Zoo home.

The zoo says the ocellate mountain vipers were born there on Aug. 16.

The Forest Park zoo is one of just three in this country to care for
the endangered species.

The venomous snake was believed to be extinct for nearly 140 years
before it reappeared in eastern Turkey three decades ago. The zoo’s
conservation breeding program is designed to boost the species’
population.

The effort is an extension of the zoo’s preservation work with the
Armenian viper, a close relative of the ocellate mountain viper.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

http://www.lebanondailyrecord.com/news/state/article_216d288a-5ed4-5a5b-ab7f-f93f648e7a87.html

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS