Nature Park of Alvão the moist lands along the riverfront. The Olo River is rich in trout and is populated by the Eurasian otter ("Lutra lutra"). Throughout the region, bird populations are diverse and include nesting pairs of Golden eagles. Mammal populations are marked by the presence of Wild boar ("Sus scrofa"), Roe deer ("Capreolus capreolus"), European badger ("Meles meles"), Granada hare ("Lepus granatensis") and European rabbit ("Oryctolagus cuniculus"). Among reptiles in the area are the Iberian emerald lizard ("Lacerta schreiberi") and the Latastei viper ("Vipera latastei"). No less important to the region is the traditional architecture of the nature park region, especially in
Ethiopia of its policies. Meles' government was elected in 2000 in Ethiopia's first-ever multiparty elections; however, the results were heavily criticized by international observers and denounced by the opposition as fraudulent. The EPRDF also won the 2005 election returning Meles to power. Although the opposition vote increased in the election, both the opposition and observers from the European Union and elsewhere stated that the vote did not meet international standards for fair and free elections. Ethiopian police are said to have massacred 193 protesters, mostly in the capital Addis Ababa, in the violence following the May 2005 elections in the Ethiopian