Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation
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Al Wabra Wildlife Preserve
)Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation (AWWP) is a privately owned zoological facility in the heart of
ex situ this family of prehistoric plants. The preserve is home to roughly 2,000 animals and has a staff of over 200. It occupies 2.5 square kilometers of land, including a 1,000-square-meter state of the art climate controlled greenhouse.[1]
The preserve is known for breeding
Sudan cheetah and North African ostrich.[1] It is most noted for its breeding of Spix's macaw, one of the rarest bird species in the world.[2]
References
- ^ a b Brian Vastag (10 July 2011). "Qatari sheik takes endangered macaw under his wing". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ Mark Szotek (10 September 2009). "Sheikh goes from collector to conservationist in effort to save the world's rarest parrot". Mongabay. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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