Hunting and Fauna: Trento, at the Paneveggio Pale di San Martino Natural Park until 30 September 2013, the exhibition “Urogallo, the lord of the birds: an exhibition to discover the fantastic world of the Cedron Rooster”.
When knowing also means preserving: an exhibition, the only one of its kind in our country, will last until 30 September 2013 to learn how to respect this specimen of bird at risk of extinction. Preservation starts with knowledge, the curators of the exhibition “Urogallo, the lord of the woods” Cristina Zorzi and Elena Luise know well. Images, texts, drawings, films will accompany visitors in the discovery of the capercaillie, a beautiful specimen of bird to which this exhibition is dedicated. A species which, however, is also at risk of extinction if serious measures are not taken to protect it. «The conservation of a species does not pass only through research, but also and above all through the dissemination of the knowledge thus gained to the general public and to the operators who work in the environments in which this species lives. This also applies to the Capercaillie or Urogallo to which, in order to make the biology and ecology of this fascinating bird better known, the Paneveggio Pale di San Martino Natural Park is dedicating this year the traditional summer exhibition set up at the Centro visitors to Villa Welsperg in Val Canali », said Giacobbe Zortea, President of the Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park where the exhibition was set up and will remain until 30 September 2013.
The director of the park Vittorio Ducoli echoes him "with this exhibition we want to document a research activity that has lasted for four years, which we have carried out using internal human forces, the participation of the expert Luca Rotelli, the support of the provincial services and of the coordination of the University of Friborg. That of the capercaillie is a very important research and the resulting exhibition is perhaps the only one in the whole Alpine Arc on this species. Choosing an animal so shy and shy that few can say they have ever seen it, preferring it to the more famous deer, for example, or to roe deer, is a gamble for the Park. We are also convinced that our efforts will serve to sensitize all categories of users who in different ways frequent the environments of the capercaillie, as its conservation in the future can only be guaranteed through a more conscious use and attendance of the environments in which the species it is still present today. This exhibition aims to make known the mysterious world of this fascinating bird that still populates the mountain woods, so that everyone can contribute, with a more attentive behavior, to its conservation ».
The capercaillie, experts say, fortunately has a high survival rate, as adults can live up to 15 years. On the contrary, the very high mortality rate is very critical and a source of many concerns: it is estimated that every spring the 100 females of the Primiero lay a total of approximately 700 eggs, but at five weeks the chicks still alive are only about seventy. It then becomes essential to preserve this species and understand what is the most suitable behavior that man must undertake for the capercaillie to survive.
22 June 2013
Source: TrentoToday