Welcome on the WPA census page of ECBG
WPA the World Pheasant Association is a charity, founded in 1975, which aims to develope and promote the conservation of all the species within the order of the Galliformes, which are the gamebirds of the world.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has given responsibility for the conservation of all the world's galliformes (pheasant-like birds) to the World Pheasant Association, whether these birds be in the wild or in captivity.

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ECBG
European Conservation Breeding Group was formed by WPA to promote interest in keeping game birds for conservation purposes.

ECBG is intended to get a screen of the European captive stocks species by species with a European report. This report has to be taken every year. Only with these results it will be possible to determine the trends of the different species.
So ECBG will be able to see on time, where actions are needed and give recommendations to the breeders.

10 WPA chapters exist in Europe

United Kingdom

(approx 600 members)
founded in 1975

Germany

(approx 350 members)
founded in 1978

Benelux

(approx 100 members)
founded in 1979

France

(approx 50 members)
founded in 1985

Austria

(approx 60 members)
founded in 2006

Portugal

(approx ... members)
founded 2008

Czech + Slovakia

(approx 30 members)
founded 2012

Poland

(approx 20 members)
founded 2015

Hungary

(approx 10 members)
founded 2018

Spain

(approx 25 members)
founded 2019

The chapter Germany is already collecting the census informations since the year 1999 and the chapter UK since the year 2000.
With this input it is possible to evaluate statistically how the trend of a captive stock will be in the future.
On this aspect it will be possible to prove, that the breeders are able to conserve the different species in captivity.

It is very important that every breeder participates with his return at the census!

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