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- The Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (Spanish: Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de Desecheo) is a National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico. It is part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The island of Desecheo is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Puerto Rico and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the north and the Caribbean Sea on the south. The refuge encompasses the entire rugged island. From 1940 to 1952 the island was used as a practice target for aerial bombardment by the US War Department and from 1952 to 1960 Desecheo was used as a survival training area for the U.S. Air Force. Although formerly containing a colony of 15,000 brown boobies and 10,000 red-footed boobies, currently no successful booby breeding is known to occur on the island. Other seabird species also use the island. There are three endemic species of lizards. The endangered higo chumbo cactus is found on the island and hawksbill turtles sometimes nest on the refuge. Feral goats became established on the island in the 18th century. No public use is allowed on the island because of safety considerations associated with unexploded ordnance that remain on the refuge. The refuge has had a colorful past. In 1966, the National Institutes of Health introduced 56 rhesus monkeys to be later culled for medical research. Desecheo is often used as a drop-off point for illegal aliens and drugs. (en)
- Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de Desecheo es un espacio protegido en la isla caribeña de Desecheo en el archipiélago y Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Forma parte del Complejo de Refugios nacionales de vida silvestre de las Islas del Caribe. La isla de Desecheo está situada a 14 millas (23 kilómetros) al oeste de Puerto Rico y está limitada por el océano Atlántico al norte y el mar Caribe al sur. El refugio incluye la escarpada isla en su totalidad. De 1940 a 1952 la isla fue utilizada para prácticas de bombardeo aéreo por el Departamento de Guerra de EE. UU. y desde 1952 hasta 1960 fue utilizada como zona de entrenamiento de supervivencia por la Fuerza Aérea de los EE. UU. Aunque anteriormente poseía una colonia de 15.000 piqueros pardos y 10.000 piqueros de patas rojas, actualmente no hay registro de que posee ninguna cría exitosa en la isla. (es)
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- The Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (Spanish: Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de Desecheo) is a National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico. It is part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. (en)
- Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de Desecheo es un espacio protegido en la isla caribeña de Desecheo en el archipiélago y Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Forma parte del Complejo de Refugios nacionales de vida silvestre de las Islas del Caribe. (es)
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