 ScienceDaily.com just released a story about a new park in Argentina created to help protect animals in danger. The photo you see pictured is by Graham Harris of the Wildlife Conservation Society. One of the parks inhabitants will be about 500,000 Magellanic penguins.
The park, which became official in early December protects half a million penguins along with several species of rare seabirds and the region's only population of South American fur seals. It is the first protected area in Argentina specifically designed to safeguard not only onshore breeding colonies but also areas of ocean where wildlife feed at sea.
The park's creation represents a joint effort by the National Parks Service of Argentina, Government of Chubut, Wildlife Conservation Society and its local partner Fundacion Patagonia Natural with support from the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Environment Facility.
There are more adorable photos of the marine life which is now celebrating, check them out at ABC News.Labels: endangered species, marine life, wildlife conservation |
this is nice to see another nation preserving wildlife, too often all we hear about are Japanese whalers trying to whale all the whaley whales off the planet