Disfrutan la conservación de avifauna en centros de recuperación en Castilla-La Mancha

There are different elements that allow determining the degree of conservation of an ecosystem. But – Perhaps – One of the clearest is the situation of Avifauna. These species, with greater mobility, have the possibility of migrations to those places that meet the most favorable conditions for their survival.

With the end Welcome to the silver specimens of Avifauna that are injured in any circumstance (accident, shooting, electric shock, poisoning, or that, due to their age, cannot survive alone, there are recovery centers.

In These facilities are cured and rehabilitated, sick or weakened by wild animals so that they can be returned in the best conditions to their natural habitat.

Keep avifauna in Castilla – La Mancha

The Director General of Natural Environment and Biodiversity, Susana Jara, proceeded to the launch on Thursday Different species of birds (a real owl, two peregrine falcons, an owl, and a barn owl), were recovered at the Center for Iberian Raptor Studies (CERI) in Sevilleja de Jara, under the Ministry of Sustainable Development. An event that involved students from four educational centers in the province of Toledo.

As Jara explained, who was accompanied by the provincial delegate for sustainable development, Rubén Torres, the four copies Have entered the sky for different reasons (glue, shooting, trauma, and electrocution) and were subjected to «a great recovery work for veterinarians and technicians, to regain their musculature and improve their skills before being returned to the natural environment.»

In this context, Jara explained the important commitment that the regional government has fulfilled To improve and adapt Avifauna recovery centers with a recent investment of over half a million euros for modernization and adaptation.

«This center devotes its greatest effort to the treatment of raptors. Therefore, in 2003 it was The first in the world where the Bearded Vulture was bred in captivity, in 2006 worldwide to breed the Golden Eagle, In 2007, the first to breed Eleonora’s Falcon and in 2011 and 2024 to breed the Imperial Eagle in captivity.»

«A success of all the staff and this makes us very proud, because the balance of the past year was very positive, As requested, it is the Center for Wildlife and Avifauna Recovery, which has recorded several total tickets Around 1,350 out of a total of 5,000 they have among all the region’s centers,» said the general manager.

The most common faunal group is non-raptors at 46.1 percent, followed by the Raptors group at 42 percent, as well as mammals, amphibians, and reptiles. And Their main causes of admission are: trauma, electrocution, and poisoning, among others.

Electrical correction

CERI is one of the forensic reference centers to Determine the non-natural causes of threatened species, mainly combating the illegal use of poisoning in the natural environment and electric shock, applying medical legal protocols.

«Electrocution is the main cause of unnatural Avifauna mortality and is the leading cause of contributions,» said the Director General of Natural Environment and Biodiversity.

And for this reason, Jara emphasized: «We devote much effort to reduce the main cause of Avifauna mortality, Allocating 10.7 million euros in the last five years To protect Avifauna from collisions and electrocutions and adapt over 5,500 dangerous electrical aids» In total, 300 beneficiaries were high-voltage line municipalities and individuals.

Therefore, the latest approved aid to adapt electricity lines to protection regulations Avifauna Against electricity and collision «reaps Excellent results. According to the monitoring we do in the areas where it has already acted, we have managed to reduce by more than half the number of electrocutions between 2019 and 2023«

Castilla-La Mancha is an area of passage for large migratory birds and has a natural environment of The Mediterranean mountain in a very good state where large raptors find their habitat.

«We have a special responsibility for their preservation and for these works we carry out as a government, mobilizing European funds implies such important benchmarks, as it achieves Doubling the population of the Imperial Eagle in the last five years, understanding half of the world’s population«

Susana Jara wanted to thank the collaboration Essential for the body of environmental agents, also the Civil Guard, the local police, and the general public This gives us notifications when they find species in the natural environment «and because it can achieve this successful end, which is not always possible.»

Promotion of environmental education

Finally, she highlighted Important environmental education work carried out by recovery centers. This broadcast has been framed in the tour of activities of peers in Toledo ‘in collaboration with the wax that was promoted by jesO’ Manuel de Guzmán ‘for Navahermosa, in the other second schools of the province of Toledo, have participated, such as the Ies’ Ies ‘Miguel Hernández’, the two of Oc Ocaña, the Ies’ Ies’.

Therefore, she congratulated the centers for the initiative «that encourages students about the importance of conserving our environment, the need to Contribute from our environment to preserve Avifauna and that we all do our part to take care of our planet«