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Breeding Ary Military (Ara militaris mexicana) in the Zoo and BZ Pilsen

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This subspecies occurs in nature in central and southern Mexico. Inhabits semiarid (medium) and tropical forests near the stream, avoiding pralesum in tropical south-eastern States. During the spring and summer is located in altitudes up to 2,500 meters in the pine and oak woods, in winter descends to the large valleys and ravines Sierra Tarahumara, Canyon del cobre de Urique and Canada, which are more than 2000 meters deep.

From December to February, when snow on the tops of storms, tropical temperatures of these searches valley. There is also on the coast. Usually in large flocks visiting Salt holes in the hillsides and ravines looking for certain minerals that can supplement your diet, which consists of pine sisek, acorns, fruit and buds of various trees.

Why is this kind of discovered in our vizitkari endangered species?
Numbers ares naturally rapidly reduced as a result of advanced farming, intensive agriculture and trade in bird pens and live birds. Until the sixties are no records of breeding in captivity ary military and, therefore, were until recently exported in large quantities.In 1987 the military entered into the ara CITES list 1 (International Convention for the regulated business), and the export was reduced to a minimum.

What can we do to save these birds?
In particular, to protect the territory, where arova occur, to comply with the export ban and restrict the market for pens. In Mexico, they could survive mainly in the areas of canyons because they have no agricultural value.
What do u ary for us in Europe?
Raising these ares is managed under the European stud-books ESB, led by Steven Vansteenkiste zoo of Antwerp in Belgium. They are currently kept in 29 European gardens in the number of about 90 pieces.
Our ary military arrived in 1994 from the Antwerp zoo.There hatched the birds smuggled from Mexico.
Zoo Zlin - Lesna is the only garden in Europe, this subspecies ary officially imported directly from Mexico gardens Africam Safari. The first in the Czech Republic is also rozmnozila.Protoze respect of vulnerable species in the Red Book, is an attempt to create a population of European gardens ex situ (outside homeland). These birds then serve as a backup in case of disappearance of the population species in nature. During the last year (2004) in European gardens managed rearing ary 2 in 3 in Lisbon and Antwerp.

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