Houbara bustards
These birds are close to extinction but efforts from Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation is helping to stop this. The center that is hosting the programme for breeding houbara is located in Morocco and financed by UAE government, Cost is not an issue for this programme because an animal who is about to be extincted needs all the help to prevent that from happening. The fund created will spread from UAE, Kazakhstan and Morroco to China and Turkmenistan; where houbaras were once plentiful. Important measures are taken in these facitilities to breed houbaras."the scientists also monitor what happens to birds after they are released, using radio and satellite transmitters to track their movements": These factors helped increases the number of birds in the region as seen; from the past 10 years nesting increased and the number of males increased ten times which clearly shows the success of the programme.
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References
Todorova, V. (2008, September 20). Houbaras face extinction - The National. Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 28, 2013, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/houbaras-face-extinction
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