Al-Garrafah released 320 Houbara birds in Farah
The birds were released in the presence of Shahid Jawad Allah Rakha, Vice Chairman and CEO of Al-Garrafah Foundation, deputy governor of Farah, head of the Farah environmental protection department, members of the Farah city council, and several national and international correspondents in the Chakerta desert of Farah province.
Shahid Jawad Allah Rakha said: Al-Garrafah this year tried to release 300 birds from Afghanistan and 100 birds from Qatar to allow birds to breed in this place. He added: “In the coming years, we want to increase the number of these birds in our agricultural farm in Farah, cultivate, and eventually leave them in the plain.”
Mousa Nazari, Deputy Governor of Farah Province, thanked the activities of the Al-Garrafah Foundation in Farah Province, adding that the establishment of various projects in the province by Al-Garrafah Foundation was effective in improving the situation of the people, and called for the continuation of this trend.
Farah’s wildlife has been threatened by droughts in recent times, and the Al-Garrafah Foundation is trying to rebuild it. Houbara is an extinct migratory and rare bird, and in the winter, from Siberia, Russia, to the warm air, migrates to Farah province. Al-Garrafah campus will cultivate nearly 1,300 of this kind from 2014 to 2019 and leave them in the plain.
