A rare bald Ibis that seems to have a different sense of direction to her fellow birds has once again had to be rescued after getting stuck trying to find a different route to the southern Italian feeding ground. The Northern Bald Ibis was made extinct in Europe over 400 years ago due to excessive […]
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The project to introduce an extinct bird back to Europe is hailing success after successfully negotiating a new route over the Alps and training 14 Northern Bald Ibises how to fly south to winter feeding grounds in southern Tuscany. The project led by Johannes Fritz involved inprinting the baby birds by persuading them that human […]
Schoenbrunn Zoo gets romantic
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Romance will be in the air this Friday at Schoenbrunn Zoo as tickets for two are offered at a discount price and a special tour teaches visitors about the love lives of animals. Pairs of tickets bought using the password ‘Valentines Day’ will be on offer for a total price of 15 Euros on Friday […]
Injured young owl rescued
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Pedestrians found a young long-eared owl in the castle park of Schönbrunn, Vienna. The owl was sitting on the floor and was attacked by crows. She was taken to the “owl and birds of prey institution” of Haringsee (district of Gänserndorf, Lower Austria). The pedestrians rescued the long-eared owl. The owl was examined in the […]
Jane Goodalls Ibis Shot By Poachers
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A rare female Ibis that was named after its patron the British conservationist Jane Goodall has been shot by poachers in Italy. The Ibis has been extinct in Europe for 400 years but this year after a project spanning 10 years a team led by bird expert Dr Johannes Fritz had finally managed to reintroduce […]
Gourmet crows to be shot
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Crows are gourmets who prefer organic food and are specifically targeting organic products, according to angry Austrian farmers who have won permission to start shooting the birds. Organic farmer Hannes Maier told local media that sometimes it was not possible to see the ground in his fields as the crows descended “in their thousands” to […]
Crow hunting
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Officials in Styria are taking matters in hand over the massive number of crimes in Austria and have authorised hunters to shoot 17,000 of the birds. The decision comes after a record number of complaints from farmers about the birds – and will mean that the crows can be shot between 1 July and 31 […]
A rare wild Ibis named after British conservationist Jane Goodall has become the first member of the critically endangered bird species to fly over the Alps to the breeding grounds of northern Europe in 400 years ago. The rare Northern Bald Ibis lived in Europe for 1.8 million years before they were wiped out by […]
By Michael Leidig A critically endangered bird species that lived in Europe for 1.8 million years before it was wiped out by hunters has been reintroduced in three locations by a bird lover who showed them the way using a microlight. Dr Johannes Fritz used the technique of imprinting by making sure he was the […]
A wind-farm project on the top of an Austrian mountain plateau has not been switched on over fears that it is in the middle of a key bird migration route and that the spinning blades could lead to thousands of bird deaths. Austrian energy company Salzburg AG has invested in building the five giant wind […]