Northern bald ibis breeds in Spain

Succes of the re-introduction-programm :
Wildlife Extra News - Northern Bald ibis breeding in Spain

 

It is a early days yet, but good omens all the same for the future. It would be nice to see an augmentation of the breeding population beyond the current 3-4 zoos contributing to the wild flock.

 

Re-introduced ibisses reach Morocco :

Reintroduced northern bald ibises from Spain reach Morocco | Oryx | Cambridge Core

 

Small video of Chester zoos part in the spanish re-introduction-project :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1482985425068342

 

A few days ago, again 38 Northern bald ibisses were released into the Janda-region - Andalusia. All captive bred at zoos across Europe, they spend 2 months at a large release-aviary befor the doors of the aviary were opened .