Photo byย WALDRAPPTEAM excerpts from story by Christian Schwagerl –ย Aย tiny remnant of Waldrapp or Northern Bald Ibis population in Syria, numbering seven individuals, was discovered in 2002. But that population dwindled to a single bird in 2014, and an expert on the northern bald ibis in the Middle East saysย the bird is now extinct in Syria,ย with the civil war acting as โthe classic straw that broke the camelโs back.โ
“Ibis again are the innocent victims. This time of war in Syria. That’s why wars should be banned,” says Mozart.
“The people who start wars should be shot,” says Coltrane.
Now, however, several northern bald ibis reintroduction projects are underway, which explains why the waldrapp (Geronticus eremita) can once again be seen flying at the northern fringe of the Alps โ a habitat it last occupied nearly 400 years ago.
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