The third Mhorr gazelle that is born this year in the Valencian park is a great joy for the conservation world that has literally prevented the tragic disappearance of this beautiful African antelope that remains in “critical danger” on the IUCN Red List.
BIOPARC Valencia is a authentic reserve of life and it is also life in danger of extinction. Your active participation in more than 40 endangered species preservation programs (EEP) In a few years they have turned it into a reference center for various species and their genetic reserve. And a paradigmatic one is, without a doubt, the Mhorr gazelle (Nanger dama mhorr) also called the Dama gazelle, which became extinct in its habitat and has survived thanks to the intense efforts of conservationists and parks such as BIOPARC.
In 2014 the first females arrived at the park from Rotterdam (Holland) and in 2015 a male from Madrid to create a reproductive group in BIOPARC Valencia within the International Conservation Program of this species classified as “critically endangered” by the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).. Numerous specimens have been born within this flock and many of them have been transferred to other parks to continue the very important challenge of definitively saving the emblematic Mhorr gazelle from extinction. This beautiful female is the third birth of this atypical year in which, in the middle of the confinement period when the park was closed to the public, the first was born. That calf was a breath of hope for the BIOPARC team and for many people who value the importance of protecting each species to conserve the planet's biodiversity. And with this sentiment, by popular vote, that first calf was named Hope.
We can see the group in a multispecies enclosure in the savanna living with other antelopes, the addax (Addax nasomaculatus). Slender and with a shiny coat of intense reddish color, their white markings on the face, throat and lower part of the body stand out. Indiscriminate hunting destroyed them in their habitat and only the determination and vision of the future of Professor José Antonio Valverde prevented their extinction. The group of 11 gazelles that he moved to Spain for protection are the seed of a recovery that continues today. Currently there is a population of more than 300 specimens living in various European, North American and South African zoological institutions. And he continues ambitious reintroduction plan in different projects in North Africa. This beautiful gazelle is an example of the necessary involvement of the conservation world in all areas. lcooperation for its conservation in situ and ex situ and the very important awareness of the population to motivate a change of attitude towards the protection of nature.
Last weekend of the online-only BIOweekends promotion, with tickets limited to the special price of €17.
And to be able to contemplate this new offspring and this year's “baby boom”, you can take advantage of the last weekend of the BIOweekends online promotion. A proposal with 500 tickets for Saturday and Sunday at the special price of 17 euros. An offer that can only be purchased through this link that the park has shared on its social networks.
