This article was taken from a local newspaper:
"Officials from the Andalucia Environment Department have announced that this year they have saved 15 chicks born to the endangered Spanish Imperial Eagle. This is a record number and is a sign that this unique programme in Spain to protect the highly endangered species is bearing fruit.
A Common Buzzard gives a juvenile Spanish Imperial Eagle some grief near La Janda recently - photo by Martin Murray
The chicks were rescued from situations where they were suffering an extreme risk of death from illness, falling from the nest or the natural phenomenon known as “Cainism” whereby one of the chicks is eliminated so that the stronger may survive.
One of the first chicks to be rescued this year was from an egg that was abandoned in its nest by its parents because of a lack of food. It was successfully hatched in an incubator.
The rescued chicks are taken to San Jerónimo centre in Sevilla where three are undergoing a programme of recuperation and development. The other 12 have been taken to La Janda area of Cádiz where since 2002 the Environment Department has undertaken a programme of reintroduction into the wild. The scheme has led this year to the first pair of Imperial eagles breeding in La Janda.
Since the programme started in 2002 there are now 96 saved Imperial eagles at large. Apart from La Janda they have also been taken to Doñana to reinforce the population there."
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