Newtown Falcian Center to reproduce endangered life-sax vultures

Experts say the breeding of African hooded vultures is important for the environment

Getty images stand alone, a large African hooded velocard, surrounded by yellow dried grass. It has a pink head and neck, it has white wings on its chest, while its rest has brown feathers. — Experts say the breeding of African hooded vultures is important for the environment

A Phalkanary Center in Mid Wales hopes that life-guard rare African hood vultures are expected to help protect them from extinction.

Hooded vultures like other vulture species in Africa and Asia are severely endangered, with less than 150,000 in the wild.

In India, the decline in vultures is believed to have contributed to the deaths of half a million people as they clean the bodies of dead animals, helping prevent the spread of the disease.

“This is the job of my life,” said Luce Green of Falconary Experience Wales. “I like to think it as love in love.”

The latest assessment of African hooded vultures in 2021 showed that the number of mature adults fell to 131,000, and continued to fall.

According to conservation of the conservation of the International Union and natural resources, they are considered severely endangered.

Poisoning is one of the main hazards, the fear of fear of strongholds with predators will remove their location. Another problem is the use of vulture parts in traditional medicine.

Her existence hopes that Ms. Green and her partner Barry McDonald rests partially with people, who run Falcian experience Wells in Newtown, Powis, and dedicated decades to study and care for them.

“We are losing them at so fast,” he said.

Luce Green says that it is his “life work” to save African hooded culture

Luce with tied brown hair, wearing a brown polo shirt and looking at a large brown vulture with a pink head which is situated on its arm. There is a white march behind him. — Luce Green says that it is his “life work” to save African hooded culture

The Center has introduced a woman named Hope to a man called Togo with his hand. If they succeed, the pair expects to be just a girl at a time.

“There are only 200 hooded vultures in the human-based environment and the race continues. It is really necessary to save them,” Ms. Green said.

The ambition is that any choke can eventually become part of a release program, but, for now, it is a matter of adding to the population here.

“We cannot go into the environment to keep the birds back because it is not safe for them, so we have to manage the hooded vulture population,” said Ms. Green.

Rare African Hooded Vulture Togo, with Met Hope, in his enclosure in mid -Wales

Falkanary experience Wales A wooden shed has two large vultures, both in brown wings and pink feathers. One is very close to the camera, looking directly in it, while the other is more far away, looking at the side. — Rare African Hooded Vulture Togo, with Met Hope, in his enclosure in mid -Wales

Breeding vulture is important, head of conservation research and education at the Hawk Conservation Trust and Lecturer Campbell Mern at the University of Reading.

“It is important to breed these birds and maintain security,” he said.

He said that the vultures were like “Canary in Coal Mines”.

“If your vultures are dying and disappearing then you really have some problems,” they explained.

“They are not going to win a beauty pageant, it is sure, but we should take care of vultures because they are amazing. They make a really strong pair bond, they are dedicated parents, they are fast clean.

“But of course they are really important in the context of environment and ecological services they provide. Some people call them the dustbin collectors of nature, they are really good indicators what they live in where they live in the ecosystem.

“So if that ecosystem is in poor health, then the species that live in this part of the food chain is also suffering from poor health.”

Mid Wells Phalkanary also expects to breed white-supported vultures

A group of white-supported vultures in Getty Image Wilde. The vulture in the center of the photo has large wings that have a gray face and neck, brown spotted wings and a white neck and chest. The grass can be seen in the background. — Mid Wells Phalkanary also expects to breed white-supported vultures

In the 1990s, the unintentional decline of the vulture population in India raised awareness about their role in human health.

It was estimated that his loss had led to half a million deaths in five years, which was removed from the environment due to the disease and the spread of bacteria.

Adam Bloch and Holi Kail, who run the Horstman Trust Vulture Conservation Charity located in Carmarthenhair, was involved in efforts to prevent the decline in Asia.

“They are better in some areas,” Ms. Kail said, “But a long way has to be set”.

They run European endangered species programs for hooded vultures and assist individual breeding programs such as efforts in Newtown.

“We are a fall-back,” said Mr. Baloch.

“The work we are doing, and the zoos around Europe are actually the life saving, which is the population of the ark.”

Barry McDonald hopes that Vinny will find a suitable friend because her species is declining in a “a dangerous rate”

Barry, a man with short brown hair, wearing a brown polo shirt and sunglasses on his head. One hand is stretched in front of him and wearing a leather glove, in which its wings are spread with a large white and brown bird of prey. There are green trees and shrubs behind them. — Barry McDonald hopes that Vinny will find a suitable friend because her species is declining in a “a dangerous rate”

In Falkanary Experience Wales, it is also expected that captive birds like Winnie can help another species – white -supported vulture.

But, yet, he has no companions.

Ms. Green said, “With white-back vultures, only 270,000 people are left globally. South Africa has only more than 7,000. They are declining at a dangerous rate,” said Ms. Green.

According to the hooded vulture and white-supported vulture, Mr. Baloch, currently there are most species at risk.

He said, “They are like the Ford escort of the vulture world, which everyone had taken them, they were so common that no one was really worried about them,” he said.

Falkanary Experience Wales recently bought GPS trackers to be connected to four hooded vultures in West Africa, so that researchers could monitor their movements for five years.

They are also raising funds for the poison response action kit to help save the affected birds.

However, while their original land persists persist, it is expected that even the smallest number of girls in Wales can help protect them from extinction.