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A veterinarian and animal nature park Terra Natura Murcia has installed this morning an identification chip breeding white oryx (Oryx Dammah), who was born a few days ago.
With this third birth, Murcia complex becomes one of the few zoos in Spain that has managed captive breeding of this species extinct in the wild, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
This antelope is also known by the name of scimitar oryx due to its characteristic horns that curve backward like the scimitar, a sword that was formerly used by Turks and Persians.
The installation of the chip has been initiated with the sterilization of a small part of the body of the little animal.
After this step has proceeded to implement the object.
From now on, the antelope will be controlled and their biological characteristics will be preserved in a database through this chip.
The recreation of a suitable habitat for these animals, by the makers of Terra Natura Murcia, has resulted in the growth of antelope group, initially composed of three males and two adult females.
The arrival of this new breed has been possible thanks to the care of veterinarians, that embraces the female in her shelter during the last stage of pregnancy to protect her from the frigid winter temperatures.
The delivery was smooth and the female half an hour managed to illuminate the specimen.
It is estimated that in 1985 lived about 500 free white oryx in Chad and Niger.
Just three years later, in 1988, he was unaware of the existence of dozens and since then consist confirming reports the sighting of this animal in natural surroundings.
Faced with this grave situation, the animal protection agencies began reintroducing the species in the wild in Tunisia in 2007.
Source: Terra Natura Murcia
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