A Royal Milano -Nakomelingen, the first of this yearjust born in the Alfranca Wildlife Recovery Center in Zaragoza. Good news that joins a different and this new breeding is the number 150 of his species born since the Captivity Breeding Program that has been carried out in the Aragon community since 2006.
Happy congratulations with this breeding that has weighed 40 grams and that keeps the determination of this center alive to preserve and protect This species in the danger of extinction in some areas of the Aragonese area, especially in areas of the Ebro valley.
Although this recovery program was born almost 20 years ago, it was only in 2011 when the first chickens were born (there are already 150 in total) that they were released in most cases in the natural environment. Of this, More than thirty have been donated for their release To other autonomous communities, especially for Andalusia.
The first real Milano -Fokkerij in La Alfranca was born
The Alfranca Wild Fauna Recovery Center (Zaragoza) has seen the 150 chicken Milan Real of the Captivity Breeding Program that has been carried out in Aragon since 2006 and in Aragon and of the person who is a pioneerThat 40 grams has weighed and the first breeding is born this year.
This program started after verifying the loss of reproductive specimens of this endangered species in some areas of the Aragonese area, Especially in areas of the Ebro valley.
The center, considered a pioneer in captivity for this species, has specialized staff and all the necessary facilities for the Reproduction in captivity and training for liberation with the greatest guarantees in nature, They have reminded themselves of the Aragon government.
The facilities of the Alfranca have recently been expanded and an artificial incubation and breeding protocol has also been created, Obtaining good results with artificial inseminationSo the center is in a reference for the imprisonment of the species.
Since in 2011, the first chickens of this program have been obtained 150 offspring that are usually released in the natural environment. A total of 33 were donated for their release to other autonomous communitiesActually to Andalusia.
Moreover, some of the liberated chickens have already been reproduced in the natural environment, which It is a success for the project. The rest of the samples, a total of 7, are included in the reproductive stock that is constantly maintained in the Alfranca.
Although it is considered a relatively common species in Aragon, especially in winter, the reproductive population is of Milano Real has suffered a strong regression of more than 20% of its copies In the last decade, which his catalog in Spain and Aragon has motivated as a kind of extinction. EFE / ECOTICIA.COM