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Reflection
When at the beginning of 2020 the president pride I can say that I visited a huge number
of FOA, my friend Alejandro Gallego, contac- of aviaries, receiving the invitation of breeders
ted me with his idea of carrying out a set of from Portugal or Italy, whom without a doubt I
activities and talks live through the You Had will visit when I can.
of the federation, I never imagined everything
that would happen to me in just two years. of Objectively seeing my extensive tour of avia-
activity alongside the federation, and together ries, I am very satisfied to be able to affirm se-
with all the breeders in the country (initially) veral conclusions in this regard.
and then abroad, who entrusted me with their
most precious treasure, their aviaries. We must see very calmly that the mentalization
that breeders have in our country about the
The talks began, organized and scheduled importance of a veterinary professional within
throughout the year, veterinary talks, talks the aviary is not the common denominator in
from different branches of the CAJ, that ope- all parts of the world, that the information acti-
ned my doors to breeders from abroad, then to vity and activity developed by the FOA for the
the offer to hold talks for foreign federations, benefit of breeders (even free consultations by
then the possibility of helping via the WhatsA- WhatsApp) is not usual in the different coun-
pp from FOA to breeders, in the middle of the tries, that the problem of diseases (in terms of
publication of my book, then and at the same variety) is similar everywhere, surely as a con-
time the possibility and freedom to write arti- sequence of the number of birds that are from
cles in this virtual magazine, which through its permanent exchange between ornithologist
short life, showed us that it is read in the least breeders, that the preparation of specific vacci-
thoughts of the world, talks with prestigious nes that we have in our country is in few places,
world breeders of the stature of Carlos Vicente, that the great variety of veterinary products of
succession of events that did nothing but en- natural origin in our country is a field to be de-
courage my passion for what I do, veterinary veloped, being far behind in that aspect, that
medicine and this applied to birds. the variety of articles for the benefit of the en-
vironment is greater in other countries, without
This prologue is only to understand, albeit on detriment to the scarce choice but very good
a small scale, the reason for the invitation that quality of those existing in our country, this to
honored me this year, the participation in the give a general impression of the ornithological
first UOM World Cup held in Spain, working activity that with high points or points to im-
alongside the organizers and feeling like one prove leave our federation and its breeders in a
of the all of them, this only as part of my visit good position worldwide.
to the Iberian Peninsula, since with immense
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