{"id":3019,"date":"2021-12-13T18:36:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T17:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rakosivipera.hu\/education-awareness-raising\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T11:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:42:19","slug":"education-awareness-raising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rakosivipera.hu\/en\/education-awareness-raising\/","title":{"rendered":"Education, awareness raising"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In addition to presenting our activities, as an important task of the R\u00e1kosi viper protection program, forming the approach is also an important role, as active protection of a venomous snake may not be an obvious goal for everyone.<\/p>\n

The aim of our communication campaign is to educate, to show the importance of these animals in our ecosystem, and to disprove misbelieves. By these dissemination materials we would like to improve the public perception about vipers and their conservation. For this purpose collegues of MME-BirdLife Hungary, Duna-Ipoly National Park, Fert\u0151-Hans\u00e1g National Park and Kiskuns\u00e1g National Park make presentations in educational and social institutions about the Hungarian meadow viper as well as other snake species in Hungary. Adults can learn about this special snake and the conservation work in various events and public forums. <\/p>\n

The aim of our informational campaign is to present he role of these organisms in the Hungarian ecosystem and to dispel the misconceptions about them, thus improving the general perception of the vipers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Hungarian meadow viper Conservation Centre, based in the Kiskuns\u00e1g National Park since 2004, is the most important part of our conservation program. It was needed to establish the facility, because the natural population of Hungarian meadow viper was decreasing dramatically, and it projected the grim picture of extinction of this unique species. The breeding of the snakes was started with 10 animals, which were captured in 4 different habitats in 2004. At the moment 700 vipers live in the Centre. <\/p>\n

The main goal of the Centre\u2019s operation is to breed vipers collected from threatened populations. In the seminatural outdoor enclosures vipers from different populations have a chance to breed, eliminating problems such as inbreeding arising from small isolated populations. <\/p>\n

Near the Centre a nature trail were created where the typical habitats of the region can be seen. Also, a roofed open-air classroom, and an exhibiton terrarium were built presenting not only the Hungarian meadow vipers but diomestic lizard species as well.<\/p>\n

Since we opened the Centre several groups from kindergartens, school classes and universities have visited us. Furthermore many thesis were made with the cooperation of the Hungarian meadow viper program. The Centre is opened all year round, creating chance for anybody interested in observing these snakes, or gaining information about our conservation program. The Centre and the nature trail can only be visited with professional guide. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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