What to do if you find an injured animal

Due to the abundant fauna, on the Island of Menorca it is not uncommon to find an injured animal that has been run over or has collided with varied objects. What should one do if the animal needs help? The answer is simple. Take to the Centre of Recovery for Wild Life of the GOB that is in the quarry of Alzina, in Ciutadella. It is important to know how to react in these cases, and therefore the GOB, as well as giving assistance to the injured wild animal, or in danger, carries out an important educational campaign to make people aware of this topic. The basic advice can be found on the web del Centro.

One of the latest animals that has arrived at the installation is a purple swamp-hen (Porphyrio porphyrio). The animal had a fractured wing and thanks to the attention received is recovering favourably. The purple swamp-hen has a very distinctive feathing, bright blue with a red face. It is a species that had become extinct on Menorca after the fifties, and that lately had returned again to the humid areas such as Son Bou and Son Saura in the north, where small chicks have also been observed.

Photo ceded by GOB

Datum: 16/09/2002

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