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Hamad almarzooqi CJG 1103


Houbara bustards

    These birds were dying out  and becoming extinct in North African because of the over hunting and damage of the dry grasslands where they live. In the article the author talks  about the Emirates center for wildlife  in Morocco " The centre has produced more than 60,000 of the birds in the remote Moroccan town of Missour"( Torodova, V.2011 ).Birds are treated  to be familiar with humans,to complete the fertilization process.In the top of the breeding season the fertilization process done by technicians by using semen samples.Then birds are released in the part of country in the south,and they are used for hunting, the birds are monitored by using transmitters to track their movements.

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References
Todorova, V. (2011,May 27). UAE-funded centre revives endangered bird population - The National. Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved March 14, 2013, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/uae-funded-centre-revives-endangered-bird-population