Baby flamingos saved from drought-decimated lake in Algeria
Around 300 pink flamingo chicks were rescued by volunteers in eastern Algeria after the salt lake where they hatched dried up following years of high temperatures and drought.
Thousands of flamingos migrate each year to nest in Lake Tinsilt, located around 450 kilometres (about 280 miles) southeast of the capital Algiers.
It is one of the largest wetlands in the country, with an area of more than 20 square kilometres.
![A rescued flamingo is pictured at a sanctuary where the birds had been brought after their lake dried up in Algeria](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-07/8f56bb8182b840fbb1ed2a93cc70eb6517dd5204.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=9EFbU8k_)