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The article reports on the intention of the Department of Conservation of New Zealand to examine the use of artificial insemination of kakapos during the breeding season in Codfish Island, New Zealand. It mentions that dominant male kakapos mate with more females than less dominant male. It means that the representation of genes in the gene pool of kakapo is distorted towards specific males. Therefore, the use of artificial insemination will increase the diversity of genes within the critically endangered species. Richard Henry has been chosen as the sperm donor.

The article reports on the latest massage technique in getting semen samples in birds introduced by Spanish avian insemination expert Juan Blanco to help the Kakapo Recovery Program in New Zealand. The nation's Department of Conservation will utilize the collected sperm to test several solutions that maintain the sperm alive and to analyze how fertile the frozen sperm after it is defrosted. According to DOC kakapo scientist Ron Moorhouse, the success of the semen-freezing experiments could pave the way for the preservation of the sperm of Richard Henry, an elderly bird which contributed a significant role in the genetic diversity population of kakapo.