Zoological reserve – Oasys MiniHollywood

The opening session of the 11th Edition of the Almería Western Film Festival will take place at the Oasys MiniHollywood, on the 8th of October at the Yellow Rose Saloon.

With all the security and prevention measures, different events will take place such as the presentation of literary works, exhibition halls, theater, shows, and the awards ceremony to Christopher Frayling and the In Memoriam award to Ennio Morricone.

Therefore, the chameleonic actor Franco Nero, who has participated throughout his career in more than 200 films and has coincided with directors such as Luis Buñuel or Quentin Tarantino; will return to Tabernas to receive one of the most important awards at the Festival: the “Tabernas de Cine” award.

It is important to mention, among his numerous films , some of them developed at the Almería Film Sets; such as «Goodbye, Texas», «Salario para Matar», «Man, Pride and Revenge» and «Los locos del Oro Negro» among others.

The festival will be held until Monday October 11, with more than twenty activities, where it also stands out the musical performances of the OCAL Cuarteto de cuerda and the Cinematographic Screening of several feature films and short films as for example the film «The Companions», in honor of Nero’s professional career.

Besides all this, we can’t forget the little ones, who will find enough arguments in the Oasys MiniHollywood Park to have an unforgettable day.

Trabajadores Oasys con serpiente

A few months ago, the Unit of the National Police Corps Attached to the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, together with SOIVRE, rescued next to the garbage containers in Almería, a specimen of reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) of almost four meters length, which was deposited at the Oasys MiniHollywood Park facilities for their care and custody.

After a few weeks in which the animal was recovering from some of the problems it had at the time of its rescue, such as the difficulty of shedding of skin, inadequate feeding and malnutrition, the Department of Conservation of the Zoological Reserve began to look for a suitable facility and enabled for the needs of this species that could house it, since one of the characteristics of these animals is the little or no ability to coexist with other species, so due to its large size it could not stay too long in our facilities.

Thanks to the Iberian Association of Zoo and Aquariums (AIZA) of which the Oasys Park is a part and after consulting with all the members of said Association, finally the Lagos Zoo was willing to host said animal and even to design and build a suitable habitat for it.

This zoo that is located in the South of Portugal, carried out the necessary works to be able to receive it and once the appropriate permits had been processed from the administrations of both countries, members of the Oasys Park undertook the transfer of said animal to their new Zoo.

Thanks to the close collaboration between the National Police Force, the Soivre of Almería, the Lagos Zoo and Oasys MiniHollywood, this impressive specimen now enjoys a good quality of life.

For the fourth consecutive year, Oasys MiniHollywood has once again collaborated in the Lechuza Project, together with the CECOUAL of the University of Almería, the Society for the Study and Recovery of Almeria Biodiversity (SERBAL), the Group for the Rehabilitation of Autochthonous Fauna and its Habitat (GREFA) and the Rodalquilar Botanical Garden.

The common owl (Tyto alba) is included in the List of Wild Species in the Special Protection Regime at the national level, since its populations have been affected by the degradation of its habitat and the disappearance of sustainable agriculture, progressively increasing the area of development of industrial agriculture and use of chemical products that in turn cause the disappearance of the natural prey of these birds.

The common owl was a common bird in the province of Almería and in recent years it has suffered a significant decline in its populations, disappearing in some municipalities.

For this reason, from Oasys MiniHollywood together with CECOUAL and SERBAL, this Project of Reintroduction of the Common Owl has been carried out for several years by means of the hacking technique (nest boxes), monitoring by cameras both inside and outside of these, the development of the chicks, their flight practices, feeding, and finally flying further and further away from the nest to look for food, until once established in their new territory, they will stop coming back to colonize new areas and reinforce the indigenous population.

In this way, Oasys MiniHollywood collaborates with the Lechuza Project to reinforce the population of this species in the province of Almería.

You can follow the live project here:

Western Film Festival 2021 (AWFF)

Snake Rescue at Oasys MiniHollywood

Lechuza Project 2021

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