Endangered doves from Solomon Islands brought to Singapore
About 60 Santa Cruz Ground-Doves have been shipped from Solomon Islands to Singapore’s Jurong Bird Park to form an assurance colony with the hope of repopulating their homeland. These were among a 112 doves rescued from poachers. The transfer to Singapore has become the last hope for the doves after a volcano eruption wiped out a large proportion of the species native to Tinakula, one of Solomon Islands’ numerous isles. The doves are currently undergoing a one-month quarantine at the bird park. Thereafter, they will be on display at the park’s Wings of Asia exhibit, which houses other threatened birds from the Indo-Pacific region such as the Bali Mynah, Black-winged Mynah, Edward’s Pheasant, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush and Straw-headed Bulbul. (VIDEO: Wildlife Reserves Singapore)
