A snail species went extinct. The St. Louis Zoo helped bring it

A snail species went extinct. The St. Louis Zoo helped bring it back to the wild

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The St. Louis Zoo is part of a team of conservationists that have done what few scientists have ever accomplished: successfully reintroduce an extinct species back to the wild. Zoological manager Kayla Garcia shares how the Patula snail went extinct and was brought back to life in their native South Pacific Island of Moorea.

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