{"id":3924,"date":"2016-02-24T15:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T15:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.loroparque.com\/?p=3924&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-10T17:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:19:28","slug":"loro-parque-fundacion-ships-nine-lears-macaws-to-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loroparque-fundacion.org\/en\/loro-parque-fundacion-ships-nine-lears-macaws-to-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n ships nine Lear\u2019s macaws to Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9qs2rUdSVvA?showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loroparque-fundacion.org\/en\/\">Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n<\/a> has recently achieved a new international success in its conservation and protection labour in nature. This week nine specimens of Lear\u2019s macaw, born and raised in Tenerife, were shipped to its native Brazil to reunite with their companions. It is the most significant repatriation ever made to Brazil of these <em>critically endangered<\/em> macaws thanks to Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n\u2019s breeding centre after ten years participating in an international programme for their preservation. On February 24th, specimens will be welcomed by \u201cFoz de Igua\u00e7u\u201d birds\u2019 park\u2019s technical manager, Dr. Yara Barros, accompanied by Juan Villalba-Mac\u00edas, coordinator of Bioparque M\u2019Boric\u00faa and also a member of Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This initiative started in 2006 due to a request from the Government of Brazil to Loro Parque to bring its expertise in breeding and conservation of this species. Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n was chosen for this mission due to its other notable successes in other rearing projects, in particular, with Spix\u2019 macaws. In 2001, this species became extinct in nature and it survives in captivity thanks to the conservation programme initiated in 1990, in which Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n had a key role, successfully breeding this species and contributing with USD 726.000 to the programme in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loroparque-fundacion.org\/app\/uploads\/2016\/02\/guacamayo_lear_blog.jpg\" alt=\"guacamayo_lear_blog\" width=\"600\" height=\"489\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to the request, Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n received four Lear\u2019s macaw specimens from the Brazilian Government in 2006 and, during the next decade, the foundation was able to breed 36 hatchlings. This marks the highest breeding rate for this species worldwide. Furthermore, Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n supports local awareness-raising actions among communities of this bird\u2019s natural habitat, having invested in this conservation project USD 387.000. Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n\u2019s significant participation in this international project has allowed for this species\u2019 population growth in nature, counting 1.200 Lear\u2019s macaws compared to 242 specimens registered in 2001. This success has been acknowledged by International Union for Conservation of Nature who saw it fit to make a decision to lower this species\u2019 threat level from <em>critically endangered<\/em> to <em>endangered<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding Spix\u2019 macaws, Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n first returned, in 1997, all specimens\u2019 ownership in its facilities to the Brazilian Government. Finally, in 2002, the foundation shipped all specimens at its disposal to Brazil, thus allowing the organisations like Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources or Chico Mendes Institute for Conservation of Biodiversity to take advantage of Loro Parque\u2019s expertise in \u201cblue macaws\u201d breeding to reintroduce this species in its natural environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 1994, this foundation has centred its work in protecting the environment through international projects. Only in South America, Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n participates in 58 projects, having invested up till now USD 6.409.005. Pillars of its activity are based on rescue, conservation and investigation, as well as carrying out education campaigns to raise awareness about menaces that threaten biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loroparque-fundacion.org\/app\/uploads\/2016\/02\/afael_zamora_padron_primer_pichon_lear_blog.jpg\" alt=\"afael_zamora_padron_primer_pichon_lear_blog\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n has recently achieved a new international success in its conservation and protection&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1474],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n ships nine Lear\u2019s macaws to Brazil &#8226; 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