Shaumari Wildlife Reserve
The Shaumari Wildlife Reserve is a Jordanian nature reserve near the town of Azraq, approximately east of Amman.
It is a regionally important reserve created in 1975 by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature as a breeding center for endangered or locally extinct wildlife. The reserve is a thriving protected environment for some of the most threatened species of animals in the Middle East. Some of the species include Arabian oryx, Somali ostriches, Persian onagers and gazelles.
