Baby flamingos saved from drought-decimated lake in Algeria
Thousands of flamingos migrate each year to nest in Lake Tinsilt, located around 450 kilometres (about 280 miles) southeast of the capital Algiers. It is one of the largest wetlands in the country, with an area of more than 20 square kilometres. "Barely a month ago there was water here," volunteer Mourad Ajroud told AFP on Friday, pointing to what is now a vast expanse of cracked earth littered with the carcasses of dead birds. The disappearance of the lake, which locals and Algerian media... Читать дальше...