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Extinction: Why scientists freeze endangered species in 'biobanks.'

'He's gone,' muttered Gabby Drake, a veterinarian at Chester Zoo, holding a stethoscope to the feathered chest of a 28-year-old bright red tropical parrot.It is sad to see this striking and distinctive bird have to be euthanized. Her little toenails were jagged from arthritis which was now too diffi