The Mabula Ground-Hornbill Project is working to slow the decline by:
* Harvesting and assisting the hand-rearing of redundant second-hatched chicks that die of starvation in the wild
* Re-wilding of the hand-reared chicks by established groups in ‘bush’ training schools.
* Reintroduction of these ‘rescued’ birds back into areas where they have become locally extinct, once the original threats in those areas have been mitigated.
* Provision of artificial nests for wild groups with no or inadequate nests.
* Research on genetics, behaviour and other important unanswered questions necessary for successful re-establishment.
* Coordination of Awareness Campaigns, to educate the general public to the threats facing this flagship indicator species and to reinstate the bird into collective memory in areas where it has become locally extinct.
The Mabula Ground-Hornbill Project is working to slow the decline by:
- Harvesting and assisting the hand-rearing of redundant second-hatched chicks that die of starvation in the wild
- Re-wilding of the hand-reared chicks by established groups in ‘bush’ training schools.
- Reintroduction of these ‘rescued’ birds back into areas where they have become locally extinct, once the original threats in those areas have been mitigated.
- Provision of artificial nests for wild groups with no or inadequate nests.
- Research on genetics, behaviour and other important unanswered questions necessary for successful re-establishment.
- Coordination of Awareness Campaigns, to educate the general public to the threats facing this flagship indicator species and to reinstate the bird into collective memory in areas where it has become locally extinct.
