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Issue 10, Spring 1989
A 267 km2 Natural Park has been established at
Cabañeros, in the Toledo Mountains in central Spain, an area which had been
proposed as a bombing range for the air force (CAT NEWS No.7 p.27).
The campaign for the reserve was led by the Federación Coordinadora para la Defensa
de las Aves (CODA) because of the importance of Cabañeros for the endangered black
vulture Gyps monachus, imperial eagle Aquila heliaca adalberti and
for white and black storks Ciconia ciconia and C. nigra. But
Cabañeros is also of great importance for the critically-endangered Spanish or
pardel lynx Lynx pardina, and the Cat Specialist Group made a small
donation towards CODA’s campaign, as well as sending letters to King Carlos,
Prime Minister Felipé Gonzales and Defence Minister Narcis Serra.
Cabañeros is said to be the biggest wild Mediterranean forest left in the world.
The bombing range will now be located 30 km from Cabañeros.
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