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Help save the Mascarene Petrel

  • by: Ismail A & Patricia Losch
  • recipient: France prime minister Mr. Manuel Valls to develop an action plan for known breeding sites, and execute predator trapping, legal protection and monitoring ,Investigate light-reduction programs
The Mascarene Petrel or Dark Gadfly Petrel, its color is dark chocolate-brown light-toned chin, upper throat and under wing  black bill and feet, pink tarsi. It is  endemic to Réunion a french Island in the Indian Ocean, its population is estimated to be a few dozen pairs , the Mascarene Petrel is classified as Critically Endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Threats are predation by feral cats and rats, the lesser Indian Mongoose, wide spread light pollution such as street lamps and sport installations 

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The Mascarene Petrel or Dark Gadfly Petrel, its population is estimated to be a few dozen pairs , the Mascarene Petrel is classified as Critically Endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

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