S.C.R.O.- SOCIETY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH OF OWLS

Among the several Institutions, Organisations, Zoos and Bird Parks with which M.B.C. is cooperating in the field of conservation projects, of great importance is the relationship established with the S.C.R.O. M.B.C. is a S.C.R.O. member since 1994 and shares with this organisation the ideals, the goals and the methods which have inspired a serious conservation project. At the present time the M.B.C. is taking part as partner (and S.C.R.O. member) in the Queen Charlotte Owl Project and for the Dominican Republic Owl Conservation Project. (See cons. Projects)

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION S.C.R.O.

Was founded in 1993 in Canada as an international Owl conservation society and has been recognized by the Canadian Government as a non-profit, charitable organization since August 1994 under the registration number BN 88893 4460 RR 0001.
S.C.R.O. is working mainly in the field of conservation biology and conservation-related Owl research.
S.C.R.O. now has members in fifteen different countries of the world with biologists, ecologists, behaviourists, veterinarians, bird and animal park directors among our members. Without exception everybody in our Society is working voluntarily. S.C.R.O. is the only international organization in the Americas specializing in Owl conservation world-wide.

THE OBJECTIVES

To sustain or even enhance the population of those Owl species and subspecies which are threatened with extinction. Since 85% of all Owl species live in tropical countries (and contrary to northern Owl species many of them are close to extinction) most of our work will be done in Third World countries.

THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

In a future world which will be totally changed by the needs, dreams and selfishness of mankind, S.C.R.O. would like to contribute to assuring that space will be reserved for other lifeforms in our cultivated land.
S.C.R.O. sees the future survival of most Owl species as not dependant upon the creation of nature reserves and zoos, but, because of the Owls' adaptability and harmlessness, as dependant upon these birds living among people in a transformed environment.
The problem we have to solve is the inability of the Owls to adapt to the speed at which we are destroying the wilderness. Homo sapiens must find a way, for his own survival, to use nature in a sustainable manner in the near future. This transition period from a nature-destructive human society to a nature-sustaining one can be used to save some Owl species. It has been proven over and over that the populations of cavity breeders among Owl species can be boosted significantly by providing them with nest boxes in our increasingly growing wood plantations that are replacing the primary forest world-wide.
In some cases it will be urgent that Owl species now threatened with extinction (critically endangered) have breeding populations established under direct human care. These populations can then be released in the future into a transformed environment under controlled conditions.