{"id":370583,"date":"2024-07-22T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=370583"},"modified":"2024-07-22T17:03:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:03:24","slug":"flamingos-saved-by-volunteers-in-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/flamingos-saved-by-volunteers-in-algeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Flamingos saved by volunteers in Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oum El Bouaghi – Around 300 pink flamingo chicks were rescued by volunteers in eastern Algeria after the salt lake where they hatched dried up following years of high temperatures and drought.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Flamingos found a new home in wetland near Ain Mlila <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thousands of flamingos migrate each year to nest in Lake Tinsilt, located around 450 kilometers (about 280 miles) southeast of the capital Algiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is one of the largest wetlands in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Barely a month ago there was water here,” volunteer Mourad Ajroud told AFP<\/a> on Friday, pointing to what is now a vast expanse of cracked earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The disappearance of the lake, which locals and Algerian media attribute to high temperatures and a years-long drought, has driven the adult flamingos away. They left behind their unhatched eggs and defenseless chicks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A volunteer picks an injured and dehydrated flamingo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A group of volunteers provided their cars and trucks to transfer 283 pink flamingos about 50 kilometers away to Lake Mahidiya, about 50 kilometers away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wetland near Ain Mlila remains flush thanks to a steady flow of water from nearby rivers and lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rescue operation was initiated by local amateur photographer Tarek Kawajlia, who documents the wildlife in his area, and noticed the decrease in the size of the lake and the flight of birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The volunteers carry out “morning and evening patrols to follow the chicks until they recover and are able to fly, so that they can return next year to the sabkha (marsh) and life can resume its normal course,” Kawajlia told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few hours after the chicks were released at their new habitat, some adult birds joined them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flamingos found a new home<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A few hours after the chicks were released at their new habitat, some adult birds joined them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The operation was successful, and the parents found their little ones in a magnificent scene,” Kawajlia said in a comment on one of his photos posted to Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake Tinsilt is one of the around 50 bodies of water in Algeria declared wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar international environment treaty to protect wetlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/em>:
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