By Pilar Silva | Strategy and Alliances Associate
After the fire in the Ñandú post, our rhea program had to adapt to operate in one single wildlife post, Puesto Choique. The breeding season started well with a male nesting four eggs during springtime, but unfortunately, they didn’t hatch.
This event triggered two essential donations: Reserva Quiman, our strategic partner, who contributed with 26 rhea chicks, and the generous support of a Chilean donor, Nicolás Ibáñez Scott, who provided his private plane to transport them 530 miles south from the city of Osorno to Cochrane, where a group formed by the National Park Agency, The Wildlife and Livestock Service and Rewilding Chile finally transported them by land to Patagonia National Park.
The rheas are in an acclimatization period of approximately two months before reaching the right size for being released. We are proud to see the program's resilience, led by women, and we are confident that we will achieve our goal to reach a healthy population of 100 adult wild rheas in the steppe of Patagonia National Park.
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By Pilar Silva | Strategy and Alliances Associate
By Pilar Silva | Strategy and Alliances Associate
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