18/12/2021
𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘢𝘬𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦 𝘬𝘪 𝘒𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭 (𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) 𝘥𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘡𝘸𝘢𝘻𝘰 𝘕𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴. 𝘒𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘬 𝘬𝘪 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘷 𝘻𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴. 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 1980, 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘯𝘮𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘻𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷 𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪 𝘱𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘪 𝘯𝘰𝘶 𝘻𝘪𝘭.
𝘡𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪 𝘦𝘯𝘢 350 𝘒𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘷 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘪 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘪 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦. 𝘒𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 ‘𝘡𝘸𝘢𝘻𝘰 𝘕𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴’ 𝘱𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 30 𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘬𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘬, 𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘴 2022.
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Cabinet has agreed to the Mauritius Kestrel (𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) being declared as the National Bird of the Republic of Mauritius. The Mauritius Kestrel is an endemic species unique to Mauritius. In the early 1980s, the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, in collaboration with the Government and international conservation organisations, took up the challenge to rescue the Kestrels from extinction.
The current wild population of Kestrels stands at 350 individuals. The rescue of the Mauritius Kestrel is one of the greatest conservation success stories not only in Mauritius but also in the world. The Mauritius Kestrel would be declared ‘the National Bird of Mauritius’ on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the accession of Mauritius to the status of Republic in March 2022.