Gerald Durrell Endemic Wildlife Sanctuary

Natural Site

Animal sanctuary in Mauritius

The Gerald Durrell Endemic Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as GDEWS, is an animal sanctuary founded in 1984, in Western Mauritius. It is an area closed off to the public, in the Black River Gorge region, which is densely forested, and is used for breeding rare, endemic Mauritian species. Among the endangered species in the sanctuary is the Mauritius kestrel, once the rarest bird in the world with only 4 members left. It has been successfully bred and the population has now reached the capacity of Mauritius.

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