In 1962, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the World Wildlife Fund, and others proposed a plan to save the oryx. The plan was called "Oryx" The Los Angeles and Phoenix zoos established what became known as the "World Herd" of nine oryx antelope captured in the Arabian desert of Rub al-Khali and several others from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the London Zoo, and began a breeding program.
The breeding was successful, and the oryxes were sent to other zoos where they were also bred. Thus, new breeding groups were established on the Arabian Peninsula.
