Houbara Bustards
The numbers of houbara bustards has been decreasing throughout the
past decades due to illegal human actions such as hunting. The UAE’s government
has opened a houbara reproduction center in Morocco in order to save those
birds from extinction. The center works in a very careful plan; from breeding,
examining sperm samples, training and the number of birds let go every season.
After the eggs are laid, most of the houbara’s are released into the wild.
“Chicks due for the release are kept in wire cages ... They are
then released in two batches in one of two stretches of land.” Says Vesela. (
Todorova,2011). The programme has been a success according to the scientists
who monitor the released houbara’s and their numbers are increasing.
References
Todorova, V.
(2011, May 27). UAE-funded centre revives endangered bird population - The
National. thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 13, 2012, from
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/uae-funded-centre-revives-endangered-bird-population
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