Joel Sartoreのインスタグラム(joelsartore) - 3月9日 00時26分

This beautiful Ridgway's hawk is named Marta and she lives at @zoodomrd in the Dominican Republic. When she was just a hatchling, her nest fell to the ground. Sadly, her sibling did not survive, but Marta was quickly taken to the zoo where she was hand reared back to health. During this time, she became imprinted on her caretakers so releasing her back into the wild would be impossible. Today, she gets to educate children about her species and the importance of raptors by visiting schools, communities and as part of a daily bird show at the zoo.
Ridgway’s hawks are endemic to the island of Hispaniola. In the 80’s these birds started to become very rare-- their population was reduced to only 200 individuals by early 2000. It was at that time that the Ridgway's Hawk Conservation Program began, which focused initially on trying to learn the biology and the natural history of this previously under-studied species. 10 years later @FundacionPropagas joined the project and started an education campaign to protect Ridgway's Hawks in all the communities surrounding Parque Nacional Los Haitises. By 2017, the population of Ridgway's hawks had been estimated at 350-400 individuals and a second population had been established on the @PuntaCanaResort in the eastern Dominican Republic, an area they inhabited in the past.
Although still listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, these raptors are beginning to make a comeback from the brink of extinction!

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• FundacionPropagas
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