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Wildtalk Spain # 117: Wired Donana

Wildtalk Spain, an email newsletter from www.wild-spain.com
1 October 2007 - Issue 117


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. Brits walk Costa Blanca for Spanish Imperial Eagle -
RSPB members Rich Harris, 51, and Bill Jeffery, 55, have completed a 150
mile sponsored walk from Denia (Alicante) to Cabo de Palos (Murcia) to raise
cash and awareness for SEO/BirdLife's campaign to save the Spanish Imperial
Eagle. The walk received much media attention but Harris and Jeffery said it
was not their intention to seek the limelight but to "motivate the people to
join and become proactive members of SEO and other wildlife organisations
across Spain". Follow link for the walker's blog, in English. Date: October
01, 2007 Source: SEO/Birdlife

. Petition against lime bird traps -
An international petition has been set up to oppose plans by the Catalan
Government to legalize hunting birds with lime (glue-based) traps. The
traps, known as "barracas" in Catalonia, are designed to capture thrushes
migrating from Northern Europe but are criticised and being non-selective,
cruel and impossible to control properly. Follow link to sign petition, in
English. Date: October 01, 2007 Source: Grup d'Estudi i Protecció dels
Ecosistemes del Camp

. Loggerhead turtles released in Cabo de Gata -
Ten year-old Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) are due for release
today on an undisclosed beach in Cabo de Gata Natural Park, on the Almería
coast. This, the first ever release in peninsular Spain, marks the start of
a long-term reintroduction plan. It is hoped the turtles will return to the
Cabo de Gata to breed once they achieve maturity. Loggerhead turtles are
classified as vulnerable. An estimated 20,000 - 40,000 turtles are
accidentally killed every year in the Western Mediterranean by longline
fishing rigs. Date: October 01, 2007 Source: El Mundo

. Wired Doñana -
100,000 ha in and around Doñana National Park in Huelva are to be covered by
a WiFi system which will collect and transmit data from the protected area.
Fernando Hiraldo, the park's research director, says the sensors will allow
remote monitoring of weather, water quality, water levels and vegetation
growth rates. The WiFi network, to be completed within a year, will also
transmit live images from webcams to education and research centres. Date:
October 01, 2007 Source: El Mundo

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