The Quebrantahuesos population in Spain is between 1,200 and 2,000 copies. A total of 1,026 copies were estimated for the entire Pyrenees, of which at least 365 would be reproductive samples.
He Quebrantahuesos name comes from the technique you use to feed that consists of tracing bones and caparazones to great heights and release from there To start with the rocks, called “breaks” and then eat them.
In This opportunity was delocalized 2 chickens born in Andalusia and will be released in Picos de EuropaTo maintain the genetic variety of the species and to continue to help to recover.
Two more broken in the Picos de Europa
From the New three -months cheese chickens and from Andalusia arrived this Monday in Picos de Europa, where they are released after an acclimatization of a month without contact with peoplehas reported the basis for maintaining the breakdown (FCQ). The release is part of the life ‘Iberian Corridos Pro Quebrantahuesos’ projects in which this entity works, and this has enabled this natural space to have more than 40 copies.
All year round A total of six copies will be re -introduced in the park to strengthen the population of this species, which was extinguished in the Picos de Europa in 1956. The two copies of Quebrantahuesos that will be re -introduced in the space of Picos de Europa, come from Andalusia, the result of the cooperation agreement signed between the Junta de Andalucía, the government of Aragon, the FCQ and the Vulture Conservation Foundation with the idea of the idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of the Idea of Idea).
The director of the FCQ reintroduction project, Gerardo Báguena, has Excellent that the Basbranthuesos Conservation project “Progress goes to a more mature stadium” that is already “the way to reach 50 animals in freedom”.
According to the expert, that milestone will allow to have «An autonomous and sufficient population for the display of the species »in the Picos de Europa National Park. After they have been checked by veterinarian Juan Manuel Blanco, specialist from the FCQ and expert in clinic of large birds of prey, the two copies were installed on a platform in which they can complete their development while they get used to their new natural habitat.
As soon as they are fully developed, something that will happen around a month will be released and will be prepared for wildlife to be part of the community of this bird, Considered in the danger of extinction in the European Union and included in the Spanish catalog of endangered species. EFE / ECOTICIA.COM