2023-11-24 02:48:45
The project is part of an alliance between Grupo AJE and Wildlife Conservation Society, WCS and the release of chicks, raised in the laboratory or rescued, took place last September.
Foto: WCS.
Central America. Grupo AJE and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released 22 scarlet macaw chicks (Ara macao cyanoptera), a highly threatened and vulnerable species in Guatemala.
The release took place on September 12 from the flight cage at the Laguna El Perú camp; in the heart of the Mayan Biosphere Reserve (MBR), in the La Laguna del Tigre National Park.
The release of the chicks occurs a year after the conservation project for this species will be resumed in 2022, as it had been interrupted due to it being an activity that requires a lot of funds and personnel for its operation.
With this effort, the company’s expectations materialize, which contemplate the adaptation of these hatchlings to their natural habitat to boost the growth of their population.
The program supported by AJE includes monitoring natural nests, enabling artificial nests and accompaniment after release.
“The majority of these chicks were raised in the laboratory through the artificial incubation program (12 chicks) and the rest (10) were chicks rescued from wild nests where their survival was unlikely due to high natural predation or abandonment by the birds. parents due to the forest fires that stalked the breeding area this season,” commented Rony García-Anleu, Director of the WCS Biological Research Department in charge of the laboratory.
Part of AJE’s support this year was to upgrade the laboratory’s capacity with a new solar energy system to keep a new brooder and incubator running 24/7. Likewise, it included financing to hire and train the staff who fed the chicks, which were raised by hand with an artisanal formula.
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