Biologists and veterinarians at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, for its acronym in Spanish) released macaws at the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve in Veracruz, with the objective of consolidating the population of these animals in the region.
The team, which works under the direction of the UNAM´s Institute of Biology and is coordinated by Patricia Escalante, released 13 macaws, while 13 others were transferred to the Benito Juárez Ejidal Reserve to make a soft release and reinforce that site, which opened last year.
Escalante explained that more than 40 years ago these species had disappeared from . . .
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