For the first time, Armenia releases into the wild endangered species of birds after treatment

Several saved endangered species of birds have been released into the wild in Armenia after successfully passing a rehabilitation process, the Nature Protection and Subsoil Inspectorate said.

The agency said this unprecedented event was a success thanks to cooperation between the ministry of environment, the National Academy of Sciences Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydro-ecology, the Zoo Fauna Art Rehabilitation Center of Exotic Animals, Protection of Endemic and Endangered Species (PEES) and the Nature Protection and Subsoil Inspectorate.

Months earlier Nature Protection and Subsoil Inspectorate personnel had transferred the birds – which had sustained various traumas in the wild – to the above-mentioned rehabilitation center where veterinarians and zoologists assumed the care for the animals. The Nature Protection and Subsoil Inspectorate said it has regularly monitored the process.

The fully recovered birds have been released into the wild in the Ararat plain, an area nearby the Khosrov Forest and Akhuryan region. The birds are rosy pelicans, bearded vultures, the Eurasian eagle-owl and the tawny eagle.

In addition to the endangered animals, the inspectorate has also released into the wild 3 storks and 1 eagle.