In the last decades, worldwide ecosystems have been facing a quick and intense loss of biodiversity; in fact, human-related activities and urbanization of wild areas have been progressively mining the pillars on which many animal species rely on for their survival. This means that, without effective protective measures/actions, together with the already extinct animal species, in the close future many more will be challenged and threatened implying that the extinction rate of the weaker ones will keep increasing. Luckily, different strategies to solve or slow down this process and thus help to protect/restore the threatened environment, including animal species, have been developed and implemented. One of these involves captive breeding programs for the species which are threatened in the wild, in order to support the size of the wild remaining population by an influx of specimens bred in the safeness of captivity. This, in addition to other in situ strategies can prevent the extinction of key species. The present work focused on the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), a small Old-World vulture categorized as threatened of extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN): after collection and analysis of the existing scientific literature, a management and breeding protocol for the conservation of this species has been developed. The main idea is that the present protocol could be useful whenever dealing with this species in the captive environment, to provide proper care and fulfil all the species requirements. The attempt is to try to cover every relevant aspect for a successful captive management, including design of the aviary, dietary requirements, indications for a successful breeding (considering also possible issues that can arise with possible remedies), and required measures for a successful release and introduction in the natural environment.

In the last decades, worldwide ecosystems have been facing a quick and intense loss of biodiversity; in fact, human-related activities and urbanization of wild areas have been progressively mining the pillars on which many animal species rely on for their survival. This means that, without effective protective measures/actions, together with the already extinct animal species, in the close future many more will be challenged and threatened implying that the extinction rate of the weaker ones will keep increasing. Luckily, different strategies to solve or slow down this process and thus help to protect/restore the threatened environment, including animal species, have been developed and implemented. One of these involves captive breeding programs for the species which are threatened in the wild, in order to support the size of the wild remaining population by an influx of specimens bred in the safeness of captivity. This, in addition to other in situ strategies can prevent the extinction of key species. The present work focused on the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), a small Old-World vulture categorized as threatened of extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN): after collection and analysis of the existing scientific literature, a management and breeding protocol for the conservation of this species has been developed. The main idea is that the present protocol could be useful whenever dealing with this species in the captive environment, to provide proper care and fulfil all the species requirements. The attempt is to try to cover every relevant aspect for a successful captive management, including design of the aviary, dietary requirements, indications for a successful breeding (considering also possible issues that can arise with possible remedies), and required measures for a successful release and introduction in the natural environment.

Conservation of the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus): captive management, breeding and release

DALLE NOGARE, PAOLO
2021/2022

Abstract

In the last decades, worldwide ecosystems have been facing a quick and intense loss of biodiversity; in fact, human-related activities and urbanization of wild areas have been progressively mining the pillars on which many animal species rely on for their survival. This means that, without effective protective measures/actions, together with the already extinct animal species, in the close future many more will be challenged and threatened implying that the extinction rate of the weaker ones will keep increasing. Luckily, different strategies to solve or slow down this process and thus help to protect/restore the threatened environment, including animal species, have been developed and implemented. One of these involves captive breeding programs for the species which are threatened in the wild, in order to support the size of the wild remaining population by an influx of specimens bred in the safeness of captivity. This, in addition to other in situ strategies can prevent the extinction of key species. The present work focused on the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), a small Old-World vulture categorized as threatened of extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN): after collection and analysis of the existing scientific literature, a management and breeding protocol for the conservation of this species has been developed. The main idea is that the present protocol could be useful whenever dealing with this species in the captive environment, to provide proper care and fulfil all the species requirements. The attempt is to try to cover every relevant aspect for a successful captive management, including design of the aviary, dietary requirements, indications for a successful breeding (considering also possible issues that can arise with possible remedies), and required measures for a successful release and introduction in the natural environment.
2021
Conservation of the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus): captive management, breeding and release
In the last decades, worldwide ecosystems have been facing a quick and intense loss of biodiversity; in fact, human-related activities and urbanization of wild areas have been progressively mining the pillars on which many animal species rely on for their survival. This means that, without effective protective measures/actions, together with the already extinct animal species, in the close future many more will be challenged and threatened implying that the extinction rate of the weaker ones will keep increasing. Luckily, different strategies to solve or slow down this process and thus help to protect/restore the threatened environment, including animal species, have been developed and implemented. One of these involves captive breeding programs for the species which are threatened in the wild, in order to support the size of the wild remaining population by an influx of specimens bred in the safeness of captivity. This, in addition to other in situ strategies can prevent the extinction of key species. The present work focused on the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), a small Old-World vulture categorized as threatened of extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN): after collection and analysis of the existing scientific literature, a management and breeding protocol for the conservation of this species has been developed. The main idea is that the present protocol could be useful whenever dealing with this species in the captive environment, to provide proper care and fulfil all the species requirements. The attempt is to try to cover every relevant aspect for a successful captive management, including design of the aviary, dietary requirements, indications for a successful breeding (considering also possible issues that can arise with possible remedies), and required measures for a successful release and introduction in the natural environment.
Egyptian vulture
Conservation
Captive magement
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