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Peninsular pronghorn

gringorio - 3-22-2014 at 03:24 PM

Are there any Nomads that know the current project status of the peninsular pronghorn near Bahia Asuncion? Are they still captive breeding the pronghorn? Any pronghorn surviving in the wild? :?:

Greg

DianaT - 3-22-2014 at 04:06 PM

Check your U2U
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Originally posted by gringorio
Are there any Nomads that know the current project status of the peninsular pronghorn near Bahia Asuncion? Are they still captive breeding the pronghorn? Any pronghorn surviving in the wild? :?:

Greg




[Edited on 3-22-2014 by DianaT]

David K - 3-22-2014 at 04:38 PM

Shari will know.

gringorio - 4-5-2014 at 05:58 PM

Yesterday I had a great tour of the peninsular pronghorn project near Guerro Negro. I met biologists Victor and Fernando at the CONANP office and they took me out to the project. Since I've been working on the sonoran pronghorn recovery project this was a great opportunity to compare notes and learn new techniques. It's fawning season and the peninsular pronghorn have new fawns. I'll post photos when I get back to AZ. If you're in the area take a tour... :bounce:

shari - 4-5-2014 at 06:07 PM

good for you...there are 2 different camps now where the pronghorn are thriving and some are being released into the wild...you can get a tour out of Gn from Los Caracoles or Mario's or Las Cazuelas...lucky you to have seen the new fawns!!!! Look forward to the pictures.

Pompano - 4-5-2014 at 06:13 PM

Beautiful creatures that I hope multiply like rabbits in Australia. :rolleyes:

From some recent reading, am I correct in assuming that the antelope herd now numbers around 200?

gringorio - 4-5-2014 at 06:19 PM

Sounds about right for the 'captive' herds from what I was told. The herd at GN has 16 new fawns. Victor said there are also about 50 in the wild. I'm unsure if he meant just around Guerrero Negro or in total between all the areas.

[Edited on 4-10-2014 by gringorio]

DianaT - 4-5-2014 at 06:31 PM

I look forward to your photos!

Here are a couple of photos from a few years back of a pronghorn less than an hour old after it had been collected, and our friend Jamie Morales V checking it out before it was transferred to the other reserve.





One word of warning in that area. We have some pictures we took right by the Vizcaino - Tortugas highway of a few escapes from the Guerrero Negro reserve. They showed no fear of people or the highway. Jamie explained to us that the pronghorn associate pick up trucks with food and that is how they deliver the food!