The birds are endangered North African houbaras.
Their numbers have decreased in the past year, due to over-hunting and destraction of the dry grasslands where they live . Between opening in 1995 and last year the emirates Center for wild life propagation has produced more than 60,000 of the birds .
Chicks due for release are kept in wire cages covered with cloth , until they are just under nine months old , and they release six to 20 birds at 5km intervals , The success of the programme can be measured though their density in the wild and by observing the number of nests.
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