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| Excerpts from ASPCA Newletter |
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Thursday, January 08 2004 @ 06:31 PM UTC
Contributed by: denisekelly
Views: 10108
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ASPCA has designated January as Adopt-A-Rescue Bird Month. See full details on this program at www.aspca.org.
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| Parrots and People- a Relationship of Conflict |
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Wednesday, January 07 2004 @ 10:52 PM UTC
Contributed by: Tami Myers
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Parrots and People…A Relationship of Conflict
We have all seen the baby parrots in pet stores. They are so darn adorable- helpless, cuddly creatures who crave our attention. They tug at our heartstrings as they beg for warm foods and snuggle up to us. We have read numerous articles on their intelligence and are in awe of their ability to converse in our languages. We are well aware of how breathtakingly beautiful they are when they are fully feathered adults -- But are you aware that the hundreds or even thousands of dollars you are spending on this delightful “pet” may likely be a waste of your money? You are only gambling your hard-earned cash in the hopes that your new purchase will retain those cuddly- baby attributes.
Parrots are wild animals, even if they were hatched in captivity.
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| Children throw fauna traffickers a lifeline |
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Sunday, January 04 2004 @ 05:11 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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By Charles Seabrook in Manaus, Brazil December 26, 2003
In the heart of Brazil's rainforest, a riverboat nudges up to a trading post along the January river, an Amazon tributary. Children laden with animals quickly converge on the passengers. A girl shows off a bright blue-and-red parrot. Another girl has a two-metre-long snake draped over her shoulders. A boy holds up a sad-eyed monkey. The animals are for sale. When asked where she got the parrot, the first girl - an 11-year-old named Isabel - points to the lush rainforest across the river.
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| Another View: The Birds Are Singing This Morning; It's Their Day |
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Thursday, January 01 2004 @ 04:54 PM UTC
Contributed by: denisekelly
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National Bird Day Op Ed - by Sharon St. Joan of Best Friends Animal Society published in The Salt Lake Tribune.
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| Guyana's Pakuri Arawak Amerindians Create "Parrot-Safe" Zone |
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Wednesday, December 17 2003 @ 05:19 AM UTC
Contributed by: Admin
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 On September 17th, 2003 Chief David Simon of the Pakuri Arawak territory signed the Nancy Lewis Cullity Parrot Protection Act making the entire territory, of some 240 sq. miles, safe for parrots. The national government of Guyana now allows for the export of 30,000 parrots from this nearly pristine ecosystem and is now threatening the survival of many species of parrots with extinction. This act is the first of it's kind to become law on an indigenous reservation in all of Latin America & Chief David Mark Simon becomes the first indigenous leader to make this noble first step.
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Rare orange-bellied parrot chick born at Victorian wildlife conservation park - Pulse TasmaniaCelebrating World Parrot Day: Introducing the IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group to Boost Global Parrot Conservation - IUCNDoes parrot farming protect wild species? 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How'd they get there? - National GeographicParrots - Defenders of WildlifeTexas A&M Researchers Apply Free-Flight Training To Parrot Conservation - Texas A&M University TodayHow To Save Wild Parrots: Some Suggestions From Grey Parrots - ForbesCan We Conserve Endangered Parrots By Keeping Them In Cities? - ForbesExotic Parrot Colonies Are Flourishing Across the Country - National Audubon SocietyBird’s-eye view: Lessons from 50 years of bird trade regulation & conservation in Amazon countries - TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade Newsillegal trade in parrots punished with strong convictions - International Fund for Animal WelfareWildlife Trafficking Is the Biggest Threat to Birds on the 2016 IUCN Red List - National Audubon SocietyArizona’s Extirpated, Native Parrots - MeatEaterCaptive Birth Reduces Survival In The Wild For Migratory Birds - ForbesMadurai’s Urvanam rescues 7,000 animals, educates on wildlife conservation - The New Indian ExpressUS Fish And Wildlife Provides Funding To Help Conserve The Puerto Rican Parrot - ForbesField Notes: Reinvigorating wild parrot populations with captive birds - Mongabay.comUWEC unveils African Grey Parrot Conservation Center - chimpreports.comHow New Zealand saved the kakapo from extinction - National GeographicTrade in African Grey Parrots for Belief-Based Use: Insights From West Africa's Largest Traditional Medicine Market - FrontiersJuan Carlos Cantú - Defenders of WildlifeThere are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them - The Conversation IndonesiaConservation Biologist Murdered In Colombia Saved Two Species - ForbesSaving the blue parrots of South America - BBC EarthVideo: Thousands of illegally caught African gray parrots being rehabilitated - Mongabay.comCelebrating World Parrot Day: Costa Rica's Commitment to Conservation and Awareness : - The Tico TimesThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington PostSaving flightless parrots from extinction - BBC Discover Wildlife‘Astronomical Money’: How Smugglers Made Tens of Millions Moving Rare Birds Around the World - OCCRPUWEC opens Uganda’s first grey parrot conservation centre - MonitorIt’s OK to feed wild birds – here are some tips for doing it the right way - The Conversation IndonesiaThese parrots developed new dialects in captivity. Can their wild kin understand them? - National GeographicMore capacity building funds needed for small nonprofit conservation groups (commentary) - Mongabay.comA thriving online market for wild birds emerges in Bangladesh - Mongabay.comThis Is The Shocking Way Wild Parrots End Up As Pets - The DodoSingapore’s Wild Bird Trade Raises Troubling Questions About African Grey Parrots - TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade NewsFormer pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 U.S. states - National GeographicAfrican grey parrot has global summit to thank for protected status - The GuardianOrange-bellied parrot shows there’s more to saving endangered species than captive breeding - The Conversation IndonesiaForest conservation: Saving the endangered Cape parrot’s natural habitat by planting one tree at a time - Daily MaverickGlobal trade in African grey parrots banned - Phys.orgThree dead parrots show need for proper ban to stop illegal wildlife trade - CosmosInternational trade in African grey parrots banned - Mongabay.comDeadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa - Mongabay.comThis Talking Bird Is Disappearing From the Wild - National GeographicThis Popular Parrot 'Talks' Like Us. But We're Silencing It. - National GeographicParrot Thought To Be Extinct In The Wild Spotted Soaring Free - HuffPostParrots in the Land of Oz ~ Parrots in Danger | Nature - PBSSpix’s macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy - Mongabay.comWild macaw parrots need to be protected from poachers in Miami-Dade, residents say - WPLG Local 10Birds are more like ‘feathered apes’ than ‘bird brains’ - The GuardianConservation Concern for the Deteriorating Geographical Range of the Grey Parrot in Cameroon - Wiley Online LibraryParrots Seized from Congolese Traffickers in April 2022 released to the wild - Modern GhanaCeremonial Headdresses Threaten Vulnerable Parrot Species - Worldatlas.comMiami's Wild Parrots Are Being Poached, and There's No Law to Protect Them - Miami New TimesSaving the African grey parrot: the battle to beat the pet smugglers - Financial TimesHobby aviculturists believe they can help conserve endangered birds - ABC NewsDon’t give up on orange-bellied parrots yet, there’s still hope - The Conversation IndonesiaFrom the Archives, 1993: Sightings raise hope for rare parrot - Sydney Morning HeraldIslamabad takes proactive measures to protect parrots - The News InternationalBizarre Egg-Burying Birds Hatch at Bronx Zoo - Livescience.comThe parrot clawing its way back from the brink, one nest at a time - Sydney Morning HeraldWorld Sensation: Return of a Parrot Species Extinct in the Wild – Project Updates - lifePRActivist slams illegal wildlife, pet trade: Stop the animal torture - Loop News Trinidad & TobagoUWA releases 58 impounded African grey parrots - IndependentOpinion | BAN THE IMPORTATION OF WILD-CAUGHT BIRDS - The Washington PostNew general licences for the control of wild birds - GOV.UK
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The Animal Protection
Institute (API) in coordination with the Avian Welfare Coalition (AWC)
is calling on activists around the U.S. to take action on behalf of
captive birds by drawing attention to the exploitation of other
country's native birds by the U.S. pet industry on January 5 -- National
Bird Day.
