Pair of rare red-headed vultures sent to Thai wildlife sanctuary to mate

[snoop1130]

 

St. Valentine’s Day, traditionally marked annually on February 14th, is when people express their love, normally through the giving of red roses. For a small group of dedicated conservationists, however, it is an opportunity to express their love for a pair of very rare red-headed vultures, by sending them back to nature to mate in Huai Kha Khaeng wildlife sanctuary in the west of Thailand.

 

Red-headed vultures are classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The birds vanished from the wild in Thailand 30 years ago, when the last flock of about 30 died on February 14th, 1992 at Huai Kha Khaeng wildlife sanctuary after eating a carcass laced with poison, being used as bait by illegal hunters to trap tigers. A few, however, have survived in captivity at a zoo and at the breeding station in the sanctuary.

 

Since 2014, the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, the Seub Nakhasathien Foundation and the Kasetsart University have jointly discussed a project to reintroduce red-headed vultures to their previous habitat in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pair-of-rare-red-headed-vultures-sent-to-thai-wildlife-sanctuary-to-mate/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-02-14

 

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[Sunderland]

I hope they were wearing masks and following all the government's Covid-19 protocols.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, Sunderland said:

I hope they were wearing masks and following all the government's Covid-19 protocols.

Return on 5th day for a check-up?

[Jaybott]

So they're Ginger Vultures.

[sammieuk1]

So when they are done with that some ministerial posts awaits with that look and name ????

[Pique Dard]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

St. Valentine’s Day, traditionally marked annually on February 14th, is when people express their love

even though, they don't understand the meaning of the St Valentine's day, those vultures will have some good time and certainly would have liked this day to fall more often

[worgeordie]

Maybe they will be feeding them the animals that have starved

to death , after the report last week ,the breeding department

was short of funds to feed its animals.

regards Worgeordie

[MSMU1993]

Narrator: They were sent to Pattaya...

[HAPPYNUFF]

Ha, Ive come across many  black haired, brown eyes female vultures in Pattaya.

[warrima]

They are lucky Premchai is in the nick.