After almost becoming extinct in Iberia in recent times, The Spanish government announced last week that there will soon be a complete Iberian wolf hunting ban in Spain. (“In the next few days we will add the wolf to the list of protected species,” said Environment Minister Teresa Ribera). Of great satisfaction to all the … Read more
The monitoring and veterinary team for the protection of the Iberian lynx recently fitted GPS tracking collars to several of the cubs born in 2020 at the El Acebuche Iberian lynx breeding center close to El Rocio in Huelva province. They have also had full medical exams and once the results of the analytics are … Read more
The Egyptian Vulture Buoux hatched in 2018 and has spent a lot of its life in captivity after being rescued and released twice. Finally he’s crossed the sea and reached Africa after spending the summer in Spain and Portugal. Interestingly, Buoux is present in areas that the Egyptian Vultures from the Douro (Portugal and Spain) … Read more
Just a few more meetings and the the future National Park of the Sierra de las Nieves will be the sixteenth in Spain (the third in Anadalusia). This will allow the areas inclusion in the Spanish Network of National Parks. The Sierra de las Nieves is home to 65 percent of the Spanish fir (Abies … Read more