Badung Regency

Badung is a regency (kabupaten) of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 418.52 km2 and population of 358,311 (2004). Its regency seat is Mengwi. Ngurah Rai International Airport is located here.

Breeding Center

On November 8, 2011 a breeding center for the endangered Bali starling was officially inaugurated in Sibang, Badung Regency inside the Green School area with initial 73 starlings. 20 of the birds came from various zoos in Europe, another 3 came from Jurong Bird Park in Singapore, and the other were already at the breeding center. If the breeding program gets success, some of them will be released into the wild, 4 of the breeding stock to Koelner Zoo and 3 to Jurong Bird Park. There were currently about 500 birds throughout Bali, 287 of them in bredding centers.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Bali starling breeding center opened". November 9, 2011. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/11/09/bali-starling-breeding-center-opened.html. 

External links

South Bali travel guide from Wikitravel

Regencies and cities of Bali
Capital: Denpasar
Regencies
Cities
Badung Regency (Kabupaten Badung)
Districts (Kecamatan)

Abiansemal • Kuta • Kuta South (Kuta Selatan)• Kuta North (Kuta Utara) • Mengwi • Petang