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المملكة: 6 types of eagles in the sky of the Kingdom … and indirect poisoning the greatest danger


Professor Mohamed Shabraq, Adviser and the head of the Scientific Committee of the Agreement Agreement Compact between Eurasia and Africa, on the registration of six types of Between Eurasia and Africa, indirect poisoning is the most deadly danger of eagles in the Kingdom. This method, unfortunately, leads to the death of the eagles, which plays its environmental role in cleaning the environment from that carrier." Insects that affected the brown eagle and the eagle of the bills after pesticide spray operations, as well as the risk of poisoning with bullets, as the eagles feed on bullet -infected animals that the fishermen were unable to recover, which was recorded in the hawks in the Kingdom and indicates a possible danger to the eagles. Shying

Professor Shabraq indicated that the six types registered in the Kingdom include four types that were multiplied locally: the eagle of bills, which spreads in the western center of the Kingdom and is the only one that builds its nests on the trees; And the brown eagle, which builds its nests with colonies in the mountain slopes along the Sarwat Mountains, the Aga and Salma and Styles Mountains. And the Egyptian eagle, whose numbers have decreased significantly even in the Forsan Islands; The bearded eagle, famous for its feeding on the bones. As for the two immigrants, they are the black eagle coming from Europe and Central Asia to spend the winter, and the rare brown brown eagle coming from Africa. There is also an uncertain registration for the white brown eagle. 32% of the dead animals around one of the reserves, while the percentage of predatory mammals such as fox and stray dogs does not exceed 3%. Other besides poisoning, the eagles face globally and locally other threats mentioned by Professor Shabraq, including the veterinary “diclofenac” that causes a deadly kidney failure of the eagles that feed on the coffin of animals treated with it, and is responsible for environmental disasters for eagles in Asia and Europe. For the risks of collision with high -pressure electricity wires, and electrifying the intermediate pressure lines “causing the death of the Egyptian eagle”, in addition to the deterioration of appropriate environments for their reproduction and climate changes. Wildlife and royal reserves in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in promoting protection programs. Currently in the list of endangered species, noting that poisoning of its various types constitute the first threat to these biomedus, which plays an indispensable role in the balance of environmental systems. The widespread animal carcass, which protects humans and animals from the spread of serious diseases that these decomposed bodies may cause. Eagles, citing what happened in India, where the disappearance of Eagles led to a huge increase in the numbers of stray dogs that have become a carrier of lethal diseases such as rabies and cholera.

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