İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park marten ("Martes martes"), European badger ("Meles meles"), grey wolf ("Canis lupus"), deer ("Cervidae"), fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), European otter ("Lutra lutra"), yellow-necked mouse ("Apodemus flavicollis"), weasel ("Mustela"), big-eared bat ("Micronycteris"), and variegated skunk ("Mephitis mephitis"). As reptiles Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni"), southern crested newt ("Triturus karelinii"), lizard ("Lacertilia"), asp ("Vipera aspis"), earringed water snake ("Acrochordidae") are found in the area. İğneada Floodplain Forests National Park can be reached by public transportation from Istanbul via Silivri, Çorlu, Lüleburgaz, Pınarhisar, Demirköy and İğneada. It is convenient to go from Istanbul over the motorway via Saray, Vize and then Poyralı, Demirköy and İğneada by
Premiership of Meles Zenawi of the Amhara Region, are an attempt to stabilize the situation. Still the brief severe shortage that occurred in 2005 was blamed on Meles Zenawi's policies that were alleged to ignore urban development. Other recent development in the country included a first car factory in Ethiopia that assembles cars to sell for local- and export-markets, as well as cars that use liquefied petroleum gas, bus manufacturing in Mek'ele and taxi manufacturing in Modjo city, Oromia state. The dramatic development of most sectors in Ethiopia–including textiles, leather, garments, agriculture, beverages, construction, and others–has caused Ethiopia to be labeled the "East African