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  1. J

    How zoos can best support recovery of Waldrapp Ibis?

    am following this website about the Waldrapp / Northern Bald Ibis restoriation using paraglides to guide young birds on migration. I am very surprised that big and colorful bird in the densely populated Europe is not more popular. There is not many more completely locally extinct species at...
  2. J

    Freeflying zoo birds and conservation

    This is a thread about zoo birds, not wild birds living on zoo grounds. Several zoos in Europe keep free-flying colonies of White Storks, which partially helped recovery of this species in Western Europe in the late 20. century. Are there any other examples when zoos established colonies of...
  3. Hippotopia aviary

    Hippotopia aviary

    This big aviary was revamped to be re-opened in 2015. It houses northern bald ibisses, Rüppel's vultures, hammerhead, marabous stork and black crowned crane. I didn't see the last two species during my latest visit, but I have seen a marabou stork last year. It also housed Eurasian black vultures.
  4. Alpenzoo Innsbruck - Ibis aviary

    Alpenzoo Innsbruck - Ibis aviary

    The very famous walkthrough aviary for waldrapp ibis and other smaller european birds. July 2007
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