Wild Fowl Trust
Wild Fowl Trust is one of the two trusts in the world. It is the second oldest trust, now in its 48th year. The trust is located on Point-a-Pierre. It is an independent, natural, non-profit, environmental, non-government, volunteer, membership organisation. It encompasses two lakes which are man-made and about 30 hectares of land within a major petrochemical and oil refining complex, Petrotrin. The Wild Fowl Trust is a wetland habitat. They are actively involved in the research, breeding and translocation of endangered wetland birds into existing natural wildlife areas in Trinidad and Tobago.
Aviculture is the practice of keeping and breeding birds and the culture that forms around it. Aviculture is generally focused on not only the raising and breed of birds, but also on preserving avian habitants and public awareness campaigns. The Wild Fowl Trusts avicultural re-introduction programme includes the following species:
Black bellied Tree (Whistling) Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 1967-2012...... 1476 birds.
Fulvous Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) 1985-2011.........655 birds.
White faced Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) 1988-1998.....62 birds.
White cheeked Pintails (Anas bahamensis) 1982-2002......142 birds.
Wild Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) 1985-2012.....855 birds.
They also breed Blue and Gold Macaws (Ara ararauna), and Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber). The Blue and Gold Macaws were released on two separate occasions into the Nariva wetlands; 10 more birds were released in 2011. Seven fledged birds were born at the Wild Fowl Trust in 2012. The Wild Fowl Trust started breeding Scarlet Ibis in 1991. There were two releases of Scarlet Ibis one in 1999 and the other in 2007. A total of 78 Scarlet Ibis were released. A few pairs bred and released at the Wild Fowl Trust stayed around for approximately 2 years, nested and bred in the trust’s environment before flying off eventually with their fledged young.
Many injured birds are brought to the
Aviculture is the practice of keeping and breeding birds and the culture that forms around it. Aviculture is generally focused on not only the raising and breed of birds, but also on preserving avian habitants and public awareness campaigns. The Wild Fowl Trusts avicultural re-introduction programme includes the following species:
Black bellied Tree (Whistling) Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 1967-2012...... 1476 birds.
Fulvous Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) 1985-2011.........655 birds.
White faced Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) 1988-1998.....62 birds.
White cheeked Pintails (Anas bahamensis) 1982-2002......142 birds.
Wild Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) 1985-2012.....855 birds.
They also breed Blue and Gold Macaws (Ara ararauna), and Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber). The Blue and Gold Macaws were released on two separate occasions into the Nariva wetlands; 10 more birds were released in 2011. Seven fledged birds were born at the Wild Fowl Trust in 2012. The Wild Fowl Trust started breeding Scarlet Ibis in 1991. There were two releases of Scarlet Ibis one in 1999 and the other in 2007. A total of 78 Scarlet Ibis were released. A few pairs bred and released at the Wild Fowl Trust stayed around for approximately 2 years, nested and bred in the trust’s environment before flying off eventually with their fledged young.
Many injured birds are brought to the