FARWA, Libya — Cocooned in white bags and nestled in the arms of volunteers, eight young rhim gazelles — an endangered species native to North Africa — have been transferred to an uninhabited Libyan island.
Environmentalist hope their new home on Farwa island, near Tunisia, will be a haven for the vulnerable animal.Also known as Gazella leptoceros, or simply rhim, the slender-horned gazelle lives in desert areas in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.But its population has declined significantly as it is a prized target for hunters.According to an International Union for Conservation of Nature assessment in 2016, there were only between 300 to 600 mature rhims in the North African wild.
Farwa, though not their natural habitat, seems to have suited the first group of gazelles released on the island, Youssef Gandouz, an environmental activist, told AFP.They have been 'monitored with binoculars and drones and are doing very well,' said Gandouz.The island is also home to the loggerhead sea turtle , which has become its symbol, and is a staging post for flamingos and other migratory birds travelling over Africa to rest before flying across the Mediterranean to Europe.
Gazelles Find Libyan 'Safe Haven'
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