New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (GZRRC), an affiliate of Vantara and Reliance Foundation, has partnered with the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP) to reintroduce Spix's Macaws into the wild. Spix's Macaws were declared extinct in the wild in 2000.
On Thursday, 41 Spix's Macaws from ACTP's breeding centre in Berlin, Germany, were transferred to a release centre in Bahia, Brazil, according to a statement by Vantara.
"As part of this global Reintroduction Programme, Vantara is providing expert guidance and critical resources to ACTP, reaffirming its unwavering commitment to restoring this extinct-in-the-wild species to Brazil's Caatinga biome. This milestone builds on the p...