As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Saturday 10 May 2014

UAE releases 2,000 endangered birds into the wild

Thursday, 8 May 2014 9:40 AM

The UAE has released 2,000 captive-bred houbara bustards into the wild as part of its conservation programme in Kazakhstan, just weeks after it was reported a Saudi prince reportedly killed almost the same number of the highly endangered birds during a hunting trip in Pakistan.

The UAE’s International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC) transported the 2,000 birds by plane to Shymkent in Kazakhstan, close to the Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Centre, the WAM news agency said.

As part of the largest ever single release of the species in the wild, 93 of the birds were fitted with GPS satellite tracking devices, which will provide vital data about migration and survival of the endangered birds.

The IFHC, based in Abu Dhabi, breeds about 40,000 Asian and North African houbara bustards each year under a breeding program at Al Ain Zoo.

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