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Captive breeding and reintroduction of pheasants

Captive breeding and reintroduction of pheasants Captive breeding and reintroduction of pheasants M. W . R I D L E Y World Pheasant Association. PO Box 5. Church Farm, Lower Basildon, Reading RG8 9PF, Great Britain In the late 1970’s the World Pheasant Association, in conjunction with the Capital Development Authority in Pakistan, began the attempt to reintroduce captive-bred Cheer pheasants Catreus wallichi into the Margalla Hills near Islamabad. The origins and early progress of the scheme were described by Grahame (1980) at the Third World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity, but, at that stage, we were still finding our feet and learning from the mistakes. Since then, there have been further setbacks, followed by a thorough reappraisal. Now, at last, there are indications that we are achieving our goal. CHEER PHEASANT PROJECT NO. OF EGGS SENT NO. OF CHICKS HATCHED NO. SURVIVING TO SIX WEEKS OF AGE (49%) (43%) (21%) (58%) (37%) (30%) (23%) (40%) (14%) (38%) (38%) (34’3,) (406) (67%) (46%) (7796) Table 1. Hatching and survival rates of Cheer pheasant Carreur wallichi chicks incubated and reared in Pakistan from eggs produced by captive stock in Britain. Cheer pheasants are specialised for living on the steep, grassy slopes found in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Zoo Yearbook Wiley

Captive breeding and reintroduction of pheasants

RIDLEY, M.W.
International Zoo Yearbook , Volume 24 (1) – Jan 1, 1986
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Copyright © 1986 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0074-9664
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1748-1090
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10.1111/j.1748-1090.1985.tb02517.x
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Captive breeding and reintroduction of pheasants M. W . R I D L E Y World Pheasant Association. PO Box 5. Church Farm, Lower Basildon, Reading RG8 9PF, Great Britain In the late 1970’s the World Pheasant Association, in conjunction with the Capital Development Authority in Pakistan, began the attempt to reintroduce captive-bred Cheer pheasants Catreus wallichi into the Margalla Hills near Islamabad. The origins and early progress of the scheme were described by Grahame (1980) at the Third World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity, but, at that stage, we were still finding our feet and learning from the mistakes. Since then, there have been further setbacks, followed by a thorough reappraisal. Now, at last, there are indications that we are achieving our goal. CHEER PHEASANT PROJECT NO. OF EGGS SENT NO. OF CHICKS HATCHED NO. SURVIVING TO SIX WEEKS OF AGE (49%) (43%) (21%) (58%) (37%) (30%) (23%) (40%) (14%) (38%) (38%) (34’3,) (406) (67%) (46%) (7796) Table 1. Hatching and survival rates of Cheer pheasant Carreur wallichi chicks incubated and reared in Pakistan from eggs produced by captive stock in Britain. Cheer pheasants are specialised for living on the steep, grassy slopes found in

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International Zoo Yearbook – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1986

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