By Pilar Silva | Strategy and Alliances Associate
After an extended rehabilitation period and two months of acclimatization in Patagonia National Park, Pumalin and Liquiñe were finally released! About 100 people participated in this important milestone, mainly residents of Cochrane, gateway community of the National Park, who witnessed the exact moment when the condors left the acclimatization cage to stretch their wings and finally fly into freedom.
Thanks to the satellite transmitters installed on their wings, we will be able to follow their movements to gather information about their behavior patterns, movements and the way they interact with others. The release was accompanied by environmental education activities with schools in the communities surrounding the park.
While Liquiñe took off immediately, Pumalín took a little longer to soar, but managed to do so anyway. This is absolutely normal in this type of procedure. Can you imagine what it must have felt like to stretch their wings and fly for the first time in the wild?
Giving the condors a second chance is also a second chance for us as humans to rethink our way of living, how we relate to all the communities of life on this planet.
This project was possible thanks to the collaboration with Fundación Meri, Proyecto Manku and the National Park Agency, among others.
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