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CATALUNYA ALREADY THEY ARE THREE IMPLIED ELECTRICAL COMPANIES IN
CORRECTING THE ELECTROCUTION OF BIRDS
This
year 2005, another electrical company will begin in taking measures to
avoid the electrocution of birds in Catalunya. This is Estabanell y
Pahisa Energía S.A., that has signed an agreement of collaboration by
three years with the Equip de Biologia de la Conservació - Àliga
perdiguera of the University of Barcelona, the Diputació de Barcelona
and the Miquel Torres Foundation, to apply antielectrocution measures to
its electrical lines of distribution which are distributed in the Vallès
Oriental and Osona (regions of the province of Barcelona) and some of
the neighboring Gerona regions. A part of these lines is including
within a territory of Bonelli’s eagle.
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This agreement is added to
which the Equip de Biologia de la Conservació - Àliga
perdiguera has at the moment with other electrical companies as
Fecsa-Endesa or Electra Caldense S.A. Within the frame of these
agreements 325 dangerous electrical supports located in four
territories occupied by eagles have been corrected already in
the province of Barcelona and in two abandoned during the
nineties. The preliminary obtained results in the reduction of
the mortality of birds are considered very positive so far,
although they are left still many supports dangerous to correct,
as much in this sector as in other many nesting and dispersion
areas in Catalunya. One hopes that throughout 2005 the rate of
corrections will be intensified and that at the end of year they
have been possible to surpass the 500 corrected dangerous
supports.
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