the difficult reintroduction of the capercaillie in the Vosges

A few capercaillies were released in the Ballons des Vosges Natural Park. This program for the reintroduction of the gallinaceous, almost extinct in the Vosges massif, crystallizes tensions. Several capercaillie captured in Norway were released in the Grand Ventron nature reserve, a Vosges massif straddling Alsace and Lorraine. Within five years, the Ballons des Vosges regional natural park, which is leading the operation, hopes to reintroduce 200 of these large gallinaceans emblematic of the region into its territory, at the rate of 40 birds per year. The objective is to prevent the disappearance of the capercaillie, in critical danger of extinction in the Vosges.

The capercaillie abandons the Vosges due to lack of cold and snow. If some believe that this operation is doomed to failure, the authorities undertake to do everything possible to ensure that the Vosges continues to welcome capercaillie.

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