LIFE project uses unusual technique to reintroduce endangered species

The LIFE project Waldrappteam (LIFE12 BIO/AT/000143) is using the unusual technique of hand-raising chicks to successfully reintroduce the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) into Europe. In April, 31 chicks aged between2-to-8 days were taken from nests at two breeding colonies in Austria to be cared for by experienced – human – foster mothers. These birds will become the founders of a new Northern Bald Ibis breeding colony in Überlingen at Lake Constance, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.