Houbara
bustards
The people enjoy caring Houbara chicks in Atlas Mountains of
Moroco. The North African Houbara bustards are endangered and in Morocco there
is plan to prevent them from becoming extinct. The center in Morocco wants to
increase the number of saving birds during eight months (August – March). Enjil
Station does the inseminations in the Females and the eggs are carried to
incubation facility. The birds aren’t released in hunting season and people
save 65 per cent of birds in some places. The success of the program is based on
the Houbara bustards’ density in the wild and monitoring the number of nests
and these numbers are up.
The author explains that “the birds are endangered North African
Houbara bustards, their ongoing care pert of carefully thought-out plan to help
prevent them from becoming extinct.”(Todorova, V. 2011)
Source Citation:
Todorova, V. (2011, May 27). UAE-funded centre revives
endangered bird population - The National. Latest and breaking news |
thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 14, 2013, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/uae-funded-centre-revives-endangered-bird-population
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