Endangered ducks get new chicks, fuelling hopes for reintroduction in the wild


By AGENCY

Chicks of the critically endangered Brazilian merganser swim on a pond at the zoo in Prague. — Photos: MILAN KAMMERMAYER/AFP

Five chicks of the critically endangered Brazilian merganser have been born at the Prague Zoo, fuelling hopes for a reintroduction of the duck in the wild, a breeder said.

The two males and three females born on Jan 29 are the first Brazilian mergansers ever born outside South America, Prague zoo birds curator Antonin Vaidl said.

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