Mauritian WWF World Widlife 2007 2008 Jean-Raymond Boulle Corporations Contributions: Kestrel Valley
by Boulle Vortal on Sep 24, 2009
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Jean-Raymond Boulle Corporations at Kestrel Valey, Mauritius: "The story of this bird is one of the most remarkable conservation stories. In pre-colonial time the population was estimated between 175 a...
Jean-Raymond Boulle Corporations at Kestrel Valey, Mauritius: "The story of this bird is one of the most remarkable conservation stories. In pre-colonial time the population was estimated between 175 and 325 breeding pairs. This small population was caused most likely by deforestation in the 18th century and by cyclones. But the most severe decline was in the 1950s and 1960s due to indiscriminate DDT use and invasive species like cats, mongooses and Crab-eating Macaques which killed the kestrels and their eggs. What was probably this species' closest relative in recent times, the Réunion Kestrel, became extinct around 1700 for fairly mysterious reasons." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius_Kestrel
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