Loro Parque: a Historic One-Year Closing of the Doors
The zoo in Puerto de la Cruz took this day as an opportunity to make an emotional video in which its employees tell how they experienced this year
PUERTO DE LA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN, March 16, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ This Monday, 15 March 2021, it has been exactly one year since the historic closure of Loro Parque. Throughout its history, since it opened for the first time on a rainy 17th December 48 years ago, Loro Parque had never closed and operated 365 days a year. On 15 March 2020, due to an unprecedented global crisis, it had to close. What was expected to last only 15 days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and months into a year, with no clear date for reopening at this point.
Photo 1: Birds born in Loro Parque Fundación - Tenerife, feeding in the wild. Photo: Thiago Filadelfo
Lear s macaw is one of 10 species that LPF has managed to save from imminent extinction thanks to the funding of in situ and ex-situ conservation projects
Thanks to the efforts of LPF and the coordination team in Brazil led by biologist Erica Pacífico, 17 Lear s macaws have been successfully returned and 8 reintroduced into their habitat in Brazil.” Rafael Zamora, Scientific Director of Loro Parque Fundación
PUERTO DE LA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN, March 5, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Thanks to the initiative of Loro Parque, Animal Embassy and Biodiversity Conservation Centre, in close collaboration with Loro Parque Fundación, two more Lear s Macaws (Anodorhynchus leari) were released into their natural habitat a few days ago. The project for these parrots is one of the most important projects of the Loro Parque Fundación, which has managed to lower the status
Loro Parque bids farewell to 2020 by celebrating its 48th anniversary
Despite having to close its doors for the first time in its history, which was nine months ago, the Park is celebrating its 48th anniversary after a year of important achievements and challenges.
Tenerife, Spain - 21 December, 2020 - Almost on the eve of Christmas and about to close a turbulent 2020, Loro Parque has celebrated its 48th anniversary this Thursday 17 December, in a year in which, despite the serious global crisis caused by the COVID-19, it has continued to strengthen its love and commitment to nature and animals.
Thus, after closing on 15 March, the Park has witnessed numerous births, as is customary in its facilities, and has obtained important results in its research and conservation projects, which have not been halted despite the circumstances.