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Spectacled Bear Conservation Programme ANDEAN CONDOR CONSERVATION
We are currently initiating a new project that will aim to encourage Andean Condors to return and breed in the Chaparri reserve. Andean Condors were once present in large numbers in the area, but are now only seen occasionally. One of the factors of this decline is the absence of a steady supply of carrion. The project will address this by providing carrion at a feeding station. It is hoped that by providing food of this kind on a weekly basis, more condors might be attracted to the reserve. 2006 has seen the start of this important new project. We have built a flight and release aviary (25m x 5m x 5m), a 12 m high release tower (with the help of a group of Welsh students from Outlook Expeditions) as well as observation hides for visitors and researchers/ photographers at the condor feeding station. The aviary now houses a immature male Andean Condor that was confiscated by INRENA after a Yawar fiesta (the illegal practice of tying a condor to a bulls back) and two King Vultures. The Andean Condor is recovering well and it is hoped to release all three birds in a couple of months time. A juvenile female Andean Condor has also been received from El Huayco Breeding Centre and is now in the release tower where it is fed with a puppet glove. It will also be released when it can fly. We hope to receive a second chick (the parents are currently incubating the egg) in the new year which means we need to build a second tower. Several wild Andean Condors have been sighted including a pair on several occasions and we hope that these wild birds may be breeding on Chaparri and will start to frequent the feeding station. King Vultures continue to be seen regularly. The reserve still have need for additional funds to provide carrion at the feeding station and to undertake surveys of the wild population and promote the conservation of the species in the region. We would like to acknowledge Mr Jose Antonio Otero for his generosity in giving us the Condor chick and therefore making the project possible. Please see the other pages below for more information.
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June 2007 - new wild tigers photographed and second school opens in Sumatra funded by STT MORE May 2007 Latest news from Spectacled Bear Project - Peru MORE May
2007 Annual
report from Ecolombia. New babies latest photos 2007 Latest reports from Tiger patrol teams in Sumatra MORE 2007 Niger prepares emergency food aid for 1 million 2007
Latest Pictures of the bears of
Chaparri 2007 Are Niger's giraffes a fading spot on the horizon latest Peru November 2006 Two new young Andean Bears rescued and being reared for release into the wild. Motorbike and Cameras provided for Bear release programme Indonesia October 2006 New area of Sumatra is supported by Tiger Protection units (Bukit Duabelas NP and a very positive new management proposal for Sumatra put forward to the Indonesian government for providing tiger protection and monitoring in existing Four large areas in Sumatra. Colombia August 2006 Peru May 2006 Andean Condor release platform complete more |
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