Oasis Park - Zoo Fuerteventura

[Can the Man]

A very deserving cause. The Oasis Park is one of the key features on the island for holiday makers. My grandsons insist we visit every time they come on holiday with me.

[Archer]

We agree. Made our donation direct, so they don't pay GoFundme fees.

They have given us some great entertainment on their Facebook page during lockdown.

Alicia the baby camel is amazing.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Made our donation direct as well, to help Liza, as a thankyou from Iggy! 🦎

[Captain Sensible]

Good news!  Oasis Park reopens on 1st August - https://www.diariodefuerteventura.com/no...318HfF10VQ

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Great news! I'll be off to visit Iggy in August! 🦎 👍

[Captain Sensible]

Sadly, Liza died a couple of days ago.

As from next week, Oasis Park will only be open from Wednesday to Sunday 9am-6pm.

[Captain Sensible]

Until further notice, Oasis Park will only be open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 9am - 5pm.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

from Canarias7:

Oasis Wildlife gives Verdeaurora camels for ploughing samples

The recovery center has been working for more than 35 years in the protection of the native breed

The Zoo and center for the rescue and recovery of species Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura and the BioFarm Verdeaurora have signed a collaboration agreement to carry out, together, activities focused on showing the culture and traditions of Majorera around the Canarian camel.

Oasis Wildlife and the BioFarm Verdeaurora seek to favor tourist activity, so affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting the conservation of the cultural traditions of Fuerteventura. Oasis Wildlife will give specimens of Canarian camels to the Verdeaurora farm where samples of traditional ploughing will be held. With this initiative, both companies want to raise awareness about the importance of conserving this species, which has traditionally participated in agricultural work and is currently in danger of extinction.

Oasis has been working for more than 35 years in the protection of the majorero camel, as well as in raising awareness about the need to ensure its conservation. It has the largest reserve of this animal in Europe, and carries out important research projects, in collaboration with the EU, for its care and well-being, as well as for the production of milk from this animal with Canarian designation of origin. On his camel farm he has 400 specimens of this animal, which was recognized in 2010 as the only indigenous European breed of its species. There are only 1,200 specimens of this type of camel in the world.
The agreement between Oasis and Verdeaurora offers “an opportunity to learn about the importance of cattle in Majorera society. At the same time, the traditions of the field are recovered, with ploughing shows with this native breed.

Tamara: I believe the Verdeaurora Farm is on FV2, south of the turning for Pozo Negro. Aloe and Olives mainly, and holiday cottages.

[Captain Sensible]

Oasis Park will be opening from Tuesday to Sundays from July 6th. The opening hours will be 9am-6pm.
The free buses will also resume from the north and south.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

From Diario:

Compost Majorero: this closes the circle of waste

• From animal droppings and pruning remains, after a process that lasts half a year, a coveted nutrient for the field is obtained: "Farmers especially appreciate it".
  

What was a problem has ended up becoming a coveted product for the field. "The idea of creating Compost Majorero, in 2014, arose because we generated a lot of manure and pruning remains, and we had difficulty giving it an outlet," explains its manager, Orlando Cabrera.

Every day, when the spaces of the Animals of Oasis Wildlife are cleaned, the stools are placed in large trays. Together with palm leaves, branches and other gardening remains, they are the raw material of an appreciated fertilizer for agriculture.
The process seems simple but it is laborious, requires a lot of control and large doses of patience. From the moment you compact the droppings of an antelope until they are transformed into the nutritious black bars of compost pellets, half a year passes.
"I really like organic farming and we started making compost for our gardens, very homemade, before taking the next step, which was to put it up for sale," says Orlando.
During these years, it has carried out constant tests to improve the product. The only raw material that has resisted him are chicken defecations, with "a very bad smell", he smiles.
"Tertiary manure has always been done," he recalls. Compost connects with the agricultural tradition in all the Islands, but in an evolved way.
Orlando graphically explains the difference between compost and manure: "Compost is worked manure, it's the big difference. The first is as if you are served a perfectly cooked goat dish ready to taste, and the second is as if you were given the goat."
On a wide esplanade the pile is mounted, about 100 meters long by another 12 meters wide and about four meters high. As if it were a cake, first a row of branches is spread, which have previously dried about three months in the sun. On top, a layer of manure is placed, and continued: another row of branches and on top more manure.
Attention to how it evolves is fundamental: "It is moistened and flipped, controlling the humidity and temperature, which will be between 75 and 85 degrees." Between four and six months later, the compost is already "ripe". At that moment, it loses temperature, changes the smell and "ends up smelling like forest land".
When it gets to that point, it's almost ready. Then the other part of the process begins: refining. First it goes through a trommel,a screening system after which the product has the appearance of sand, and goes through another machine with double mesh to leave it without impurities.

"In banana trees, about 200 kilos of manure can be replaced by five kilos of compost in pellets, which gives better results"

The final step is to decide how it is presented: in bulk, in bags or in pellet form, which is the "compost reserve," Orlando says. "Farmers especially appreciate it because it retains feed for the plant and concentrates nutrients."
Its efficiency is also outstanding: "In banana trees, about 200 kilos of manure can be replaced by five kilos of pellet compost, which gives better results."
Orlando can't cope. He has just sent a container of Compost Majorero to a prominent winery in La Palma. Among its clients there are winegrowers, banana growers and farmers who are dedicated to products as varied as avocados, tomatoes, watermelons or potatoes.
Except in La Gomera and El Hierro, for the moment, it is marketing in the rest of the islands. "Companies that have integrated waste management and make the whole circle, from the collection of their material, processing and marketing, I do not know any other in the Canary Islands," says Orlando Cabrera.
Circular economy
In the Zurita Environmental Complex, the gardening remains end up buried. "The last place a waste should go is to a dumping cell," says Orlando, who emphasizes: "Material that is buried is lost material." In his case, he receives gardening remains from hotels in the south of the island.
"Waste managers should be more supported by the Administration, which has to go one step further. In Germany, the authorities pay to deliver every ton of pruning." In times when the expression in vogue is that of circular economy, in Fuerteventura it is wasted.