Altai scientists intend to reprogram falcons-balobans for new food

Ornithologists from the Altai Territory have developed a new methodology for the preparation of falcon-balusters for the release of wildlife. A new aviary will be built there, where they will teach birds to hunt for new prey, which will allow them not to fly away to the wintering to other countries. Sokolov intends to reprogram from hunting for pigeons for food with crows.

The head of the Center for the maintenance, breeding and rehabilitation of rare predatory birds “Taigun” Artem Kucher spoke about the new methodology for the adaptation of Sokolov-Balobanov before releasing into wild.

He noted that this technique is now the most promising. The bird born in the nursery will be contained there for about 2.5 years to exclude all the dangers and illnesses. Before releasing in the wild, a special adaptation enclosure will be built for falcon, where the tunnel will be launched through the tunnel for balobans, TASS writes .

The idea of ​​scientists is to switch chips from hunting for wild pigeons to hunting raven that harm agriculture.

“Thus, we transfer the Falcon to another prey, and solve the problem of hunting and farmers with an abundance of raven. We plan to reprogram the bird for new food already in the tight enclosure: first the falcons will eat killed birds, and later they will learn to kill them themselves. As a result, the balobans will be genetically programmed not on pigeons, but to the raven, ”Kucher said.

Previously, Taiga.info wrote that in the Altai Republic they will begin to restore the population of the Red Book Falcon-Baloban. Earlier, birds were released only in the Altai Territory.