Shomari Reserve
The Shomari Reserve is the first protected reserve in Jordan in 1975, ten years after the establishment of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature. The Shomari reserve took its name from the famous fennel plant
In the Azraq area of Wadi Al-Shomari, in order to preserve the beauty, ecological and biological diversity of the region, the 22-kilometer reserve was built to become a center for the protection of endangered or locally endangered wildlife.
The existence of the Shomari reserve was made by a decision of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, where the preservation of rare animals and the reconstruction of their offspring by protecting them from overfishing and other environmental factors that almost eliminated them.
It is a safe environment for rare animals such as Arabian Oryx, Deer and Wild Reds.
The reserve includes a visitor center and a wildlife museum
You will miss a lot if you do not visit it to integrate into the wild landscape and biodiversity to realize the importance of wildlife and conservation, did not they say the beauty of the thing in its rarity?
The Shomri reserve is surrounded by a barbed and barbed fence.
An interesting story of a stray beauty that almost separated the universe and the balance of beauty and splendor, chased by the hunters, but her beauty accompanied her to take the process of preservation seriously.
The Arabian Oryx has been extinct in Jordan since 1920 due to overfishing, and was hunted for meat, horns and fur.
The last Arabian oryx was killed by fishermen in Amman in 1972. Fortunately, before this unfortunate incident, the international rescue attempt, known as Operation Oryx, began under the supervision of the Society for the Conservation of Plants and Animals and WWF in 1962.
The survival herd was established in the USA and consisted of three animals from Amman, one from the London Zoo, another from Kuwait and four from Saudi Arabia.
It is noteworthy that the number of oryx has increased significantly, after which the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature suggested that the herd should return to its place of origin in the Arabian Peninsula in 1987.
The number of Arabian Oryx has now risen to nearly 200, a testament to the success of Operation Oryx, where Jordan has been providing Oryx to other countries, which in turn are implementing resettlement programs.
