In 1989, Detroit Zoo began saving lost snails; 37 years later, 500 head 5,000 miles to Tahiti
Hundreds of tiny snails are journeying over 5,000 miles from Michigan to Tahiti. This release is part of a long-running international conservation program for endangered native snails. Invasive predators had caused severe population collapses for these unique mollusks in their native islands.