Abu Dhabi: In line with the President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan resettlement programme for Houbara of the International Fund for Houbara Conservation, based in Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region, has released 80 Asian Houbara Bustards in Al Marzoum area, Abu Dhabi.
“The release of the Houbara marks the opening of the 2015 programme for the implementation of the UAE’s strategy to resettle them, based on the vision of UAE founding father, Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, to restore them in the wild,” Shaikh Hamdan said.
He added the strategy for the resettlement of the bustards in the UAE, the Arabian Peninsula and other countries is implemented wherever these birds are spread within the centres of the International Fund for Houbara Conservation.
