The Frozen Ark

Collecting DNA and cells of endangered animals for conservation.
The Frozen Ark
REGISTERED NAME
THE FROZEN ARK PROJECT
REGISTERED NUMBER
1118044
ORGANISATION TYPE
Charity Commission England and Wales
YEAR OF REGISTRATION
2007
LOCATION
Scotland: Nationwide
Last Updated:
20.01.2022
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£41k

Turnover

2

Employees

11

Volunteers

Organisation Overview

Areas of Interest

  • Animal welfare

Our History

  • Established in 2006 by Professor Bryan Clarke and Dr Anne Clarke who realised universities and museums had collections of DNA and cells not in a form suitable for the long-term preservation of DNA or of threatened species. They established the charity to respond to this unique gap.

Areas of Operation

  • Scotland: Nationwide

Beneficiaries

  • Animals

    Endangered animals

Our Vision for a better future

  • To achieve the background extinction rate of 1 species extinct every ten years. In 2020 fifteen animal species became extinct.

Our goals to make a difference

  • To collect and cryopreserve DNA and cells of all endangered animal species in the UK.

  • To collect and cryopreserve DNA and cells of all endangered animals worldwide.

  • To create a worldwide database of DNA and cells of all endangered animal species.

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