SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 21 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The La Tahonilla Wildlife Recovery Center, dependent on the Natural Environment Management and Security area of the Tenerife Council, has set up a free telephone number, 900 282 228, so that the population can report issues related to the finding of injured wild animals. .
In this way, the center reminds the population that in the spring months and early summer, it is common for baby birds to fall from their nests in the process of their first flights.
In this regard, many people and organizations go to the center when they find chicks on the ground, on many occasions presenting injuries, or at least appearing so.
“Several are the cases that have recently entered La Tahonilla of owls or kestrels that are picked up by people who find them on the ground”, indicated the Minister of Natural Environment Management, Isabel García, who adds that “it is about birds of prey that must be collected according to certain indications and transferred to the center, and for this a free telephone number has been set up, 900 282 228 through which the fauna staff of the Cabildo will go to collect the animal”.
Alejandro Suárez, a veterinarian at the center, comments that “if they were more common birds, such as blackbirds, for example, the appropriate thing would be to pick them up carefully and place them on a branch near the nest.”
Thus, he continues, “his parents will feed him without inconvenience, because if these specimens are taken to the recovery center, it is most likely that they will not survive, that is why it is always emphasized that they be left in the area where they have been found.”
If it were birds of prey and you have access to their nest, it is recommended to place them back in it, but since they are common at a great height, you must notify them by phone to be transferred to the recovery center, where they can be provided with of food and survive in the facilities without problem.
If, despite these indications, there is any doubt about the discovery of a chicken of any of the above species and characteristics, the La Tahonilla Wildlife Recovery Center is available by telephone to answer any queries that may arise, collect a note from the Town Hall.
NOE PROJECT IN THE AREA OF MANAGEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
The Cabildo de Tenerife, through the Natural Environment and Security Management area, has incorporated 29 people who were unemployed into its workforce in 2021, through the ‘Tenerife Advances with NOE’ project, a subsidized program, co-financed by the FSE Operational Programs of the Government of the Canary Islands 2014-2020 of the Canary Islands Employment Service and the European Social Fund, which seeks to favor and improve the job prospects of a significant part of the unemployed population, who, despite having the necessary training, do not find a job opportunity.
These 29 people occupy positions related to biology and environmental sciences, flora and fauna, veterinary medicine, geography, journalism, computer engineering, agronomy, education and environmental control, use and conservation of the environment, forestry and rural management, in addition to Geology. , administration and plumbing.
