2024-03-23 14:00:08
Injured by barbed wire, a buzzard is treated at the L’Hirondelle center in Saint-Forgeux. future
REPORT – Near Lyon, this center takes care of wildlife that is increasingly vulnerable due to climate change.
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With a hesitant beat of its wings, the bird cautiously takes off, tumbles and leaves, persevering. This common kestrel is one of the residents of this 100 meter long greenhouse converted into a rehabilitation aviary. “It’s the longest in the center, a great tool. The longer the bird flies, the better it re-educates itself.comments Anne Fourier, responsible for development at L’Hirondelle.
In Saint-Forgeux, this 4-hectare estate is home to one of the main care centers dedicated to wildlife in France. Perched in the Lyonnais mountains, since 1998 it has welcomed injured wild animals (or isolated juveniles) from the Drôme, Ardèche, Loire and Rhône without discrimination: the overwhelming majority (85%) are birds – swifts and pigeons in the lead -, the remaining 15% of mammals.
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Below the rehabilitation areas and the mammal enclosure, the central building is dedicated to care. Installed in the straw under a screen projecting…
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