Caballo Lake a rest stop during their travels, and eagles are often seen in the area. Caballo Lake is named for the Caballo Mountains that border the lake to the northeast, east, and southeast, in which wild horses roamed; Caballo means "horse" in Spanish. The upper area of the lake is very shallow and in recent years has been blocked from the lower, deeper end of the lake. The water has a slightly brownish hue from a distance, due to the shallow waters (usually about at the deepest point). The beaches of Caballo are rocky when compared to Elephant Butte Reservoir, but
Regional Animal Health Center for North Africa (REMESA) initiative. Located in Tunis, Tunisia, at the headquarters of FAO sub-regional office, the RAHC-NA was created within the context of the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADS), signed on May 2004 between FAO and OIE. GF-TADS is an initiative to combine the experience and expertise of both organizations in the fight against Transboundary Animal Diseases in order to strengthen capacities of developing countries and assist them in setting specific control programs of certain Transboundary Animal Diseases according to priority areas. RAHC-NA is supported mainly by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID),