Flamingo Library
Saving a species in distress due to human impact, often involves a hefty amount of paperwork, including regulatory requirements. Numerous documents are required for actions which in the case of the Lesser flamingo were; Rescue, Recovery, Release, Long-term care, Non-releasable (compromised health).
Each one of theses actions is a specific entity which requires its own dedicated process.
Below are a few guiding documents regarding the lesser flamingo event. For more information, please use the contact email provided under Contact.
Please click on a name to open and download a pdf.
Guiding Documents
Protocols
Research
Zimmermann D, Anderson M, Lane E, Van Wilpe E, Carulei O, Douglass N, Williamson AL, Kotze A - (2011). Avian Poxvirus Epizootic in a Breeding Population of Lesser Flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) at Kamfers Dam, Kimberley, South Africa. Journal of wildlife diseases. 47. 989-93. 10.7589/0090-3558-47.4.989. |
Lachish S, Lawson B, Cunningham AA, Sheldon BC - (2012). Epidemiology of the Emergent Disease Paridae pox in an Intensively Studied Wild Bird Population. PLOS ONE 7(11): e38316. |
Public Communications
As posted on GDARD Official Site - 11.09.2019