A group of 37 birds from closed Park national zoo He was transferred to a private property located in western El Salvador.

Among the relocated specimens, there are: Indian ducks, Pekinese ducks, pintches, geese, Canadian ducks, pelicans and guinea fowl.

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“Private property has fences and boundaries, but their life will no longer be in captivity. They will be in a 1,900 square meter space, larger than where they were, and they will be monitored periodically by our veterinary team to follow their evolution, conditioning and health,” the Institute for Animal Welfare, IBA, reported on its social media.

In addition, the IBA indicated that “each of the specimens went through a pre-fitting process, which also included the implantation of a chip with a unique identification, which will facilitate the monitoring and control process” .

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“Many will wonder why they weren’t completely freed, but they can’t be freed like this. They could come into contact with other species and generate a health problem for the environment, and we do not want to harm the wild population,” said our president, Dr. Javier Vásquez.

Footage shared by the IBA showed when the birds were transferred under a strict security cordon and how they were unloaded at their destination.

When the IBA took the zoo animals into refuge, word came of the possibility of releasing some of them.

The start of the zoo

The National Zoo was founded on May 26, 1953 under the presidency of Lieutenant Colonel Óscar Osorio.

In its early days it shared facilities with the National Museum, on December 23, 1953 it was moved to the grounds of the former Modelo estate. In an area of ​​10 blocks, it housed in its early days 208 animals of different species.

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On June 29, 1955, the zoo became the big attraction, when 17 exotic specimens arrived from Hamburg, Germany, including an Asian elephant named Manyula, who died on September 21, 2010; as well as zebras, Bengal tigers, antelopes, camels, African rams and mandrills.