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Caregivers of nature and animal park Terra Natura Murcia have had to manage food intake 'Santi', a vulture (Gyps fulyus) who has cataracts, with a probe.
The eye disease suffered by this bird of prey due to their advanced age, which is about 35 years, has resulted in total blindness and the resulting loss of orientation that prevents you from eating alone.
The experts of the complex detected several weeks ago that the vultures began to isolate the group and lose orientation.
In this situation, we decided to move the specimen to the clinic of the complex and take the supply of food and vitamin supplements through a tube to 'Santi' regain of the weight lost so far.
Once improved their status, caregivers proceeded to feed him by hand and direct.
The disability suffered by 'Sam' because of his blindness will not prevent this issue from interacting with members of his group, which consists of eight specimens are from the recovery.
Although it has lost the ability to orient the vulture may help professionals Terra Natura Murcia to reduce stress levels of new copies to arrive at the complex and facilitate its integration into the group.
The vultures were considered extinct for 30 years in the Region of Murcia until in 1995 he began to colonize the natural landscapes of this area.
Currently, there are two nuclei in the Region of Murcia, one is in the Sierra de Mojantes and another in the Giant Mountains, which comprise a population of about 200 birds of this species.
This type of carrion birds often live to age 40 and may reach nine kilos of weight, a figure that makes it the largest predator of the Iberian Peninsula.
They also tend to live in large groups forming distinct colonies.
Source: Terra Natura Murcia
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