Another massacre comes to light
Windfarm acting as a population sink for an endangered species
SPAIN: 40 to 60 great bustards killed by the power lines of the Villasilos windfarm.
This compares to a previously estimated population of 260 individuals, immatures included, for the whole province of Burgos. The Villasilos area being the principal habitat in the province for these heavy, 10-14 kilo birds, where most of them show up at one time or another, the windfarm is actually acting as an ecological trap, a population sink for this endangered species. This is how “carefully” the wind industry places its windfarms. – STEI
Source —> the Spanish Ornithological Society SEO/Birdlife
http://www.seo.org/2012/04/24/el-grupo-local-seo-burgos-localiza-12-avutardas-muertas-bajo-un-tendido-electrico-en-la-zona-de-castrojeriz/
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