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| Pro Parrot Bill to be Heard in Trenton this Week! |
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Monday, March 06 2006 @ 04:02 AM UTC
Contributed by: Alison
Views: 3469
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New Jersey Wild Quaker Parrots Need Your Help!
Bill A1237 has been introduced to decriminalize them in NJ, whose antiquated laws claim that they are a "potentially dangerous species" Please send an e-mail in support of Bill #A1237.
On March 9th, New Jersey Legislators will hear pro-parrot testimony from many of EdgewaterParrots.com supporters and team members, including, but not limited to:
Marc Johnson of Foster Parrots.com
Jon Mark Davey of Quakerville.com and Parrotsinthe City.com
Steve Baldwin of BrooklynParrots.com
and Alison Evans-Fragale, Founder of EdgewaterParrots.com, in support of Bill A1237!
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| Flu fear parrots dumped |
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Thursday, February 23 2006 @ 09:41 AM UTC
Contributed by: roelantjonker
Views: 4412
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By JOHN SCOTT
 PET lovers have dumped parrots worth up to £3,000 each because of bird flu fears, it emerged last night.
A sanctuary was given 23 of the unwanted birds in a week — FIVE times the usual number.
The pets, including lovebirds, budgies, a blue and gold macaw, two African greys and an Amazon parrot are worth £20,000.
One cockatoo was left outside with a message reading: “Please look after Barney. We have a little child and don’t want to get bird flu.”
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| Dating agency for parrots |
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Wednesday, February 15 2006 @ 03:46 PM UTC
Contributed by: roelantjonker
Views: 3365
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 An ornithologist who set up a dating agency for lonely parrots says it has been a huge success.
Rita Ohnhauser has already brought 1,300 lonely hearts together in Berlin and unlike other matchmakers she knows her pairs will never split - because the birds mate for life.
"In the wild parrots search out a life partner and then spend every minute of the day with them, but when they are kept as pets they are mainly alone and get very depressed," said Ohnhauser.
She added that parrot owners across Germany had started bringing their feathered friends to the sanctuary to find a mate, and she currently had 150 parrots busy "getting acquainted" with other birds.
"Birds experience love at first sight just like humans. But others make a really careful choice before entering a relationship. It can take up to three months," she said.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1697094.html?menu=
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| Illegal Parrot Traders Beware |
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Wednesday, February 15 2006 @ 11:01 AM UTC
Contributed by: roelantjonker
Views: 5410
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New Era (Windhoek) Namibia. February 14, 2006
 Conservationists and bird lovers want to go into cooperation with the Protected Resources Unit to clean up the illegal trade in parrots.
While the Grey Headed parrot is under tremendous pressure at the moment, due to an increased illegal capture and trade, another species which is endemic to Namibia, the Ruppel's Parrot went out in thousands some 10 to 12 years ago.
Studies indicate that between 600 and 1 000 Ruppel's birds that are near endemic to Namibia, are illegally smuggled out of Namibia every year.
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| Overseas help for endangered parrot |
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Monday, February 13 2006 @ 10:35 AM UTC
Contributed by: roelantjonker
Views: 2589
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Feb 12, 2006
New Zealand conservationists are flying in help from overseas in an effort to save the endangered Kakapo.
The birds have become increasingly infertile but it is hoped a foreign expert can inject new life into the breeding programme.
 Endangered Birds Specialist Dr Juan Blanco has flown half way across the world to help solve the fertility problems of its only flightless parrot.
Blanco's expertise is as rare as the birds he works with. The artificial insemination of endangered birds.
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| Horrific Conditions at Scudders Aviary - ‘Factory Farming’ Approach Takes Toll |
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Wednesday, February 08 2006 @ 07:38 PM UTC
Contributed by: fly free
Views: 4645
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When it comes to the money, breeding parrots is easy.
Macaws, African Greys and Umbrella cockatoos retail at PetSmart, for example, for $1,300 to $1,500. Rose-breasted cockatoos sell for as high as $2,500.
When it comes to the work, breeding parrots is hard.
Caring for large birds and hand-feeding their babies is a full-time job. Baby birds need to be delicately fed many times a day for months. Breeders say the time invested soon outweighs the profit margin.
To compensate, they often sell unweaned birds at half the retail price to stores, where it falls to untrained staff members to feed them.
“It’s never been about the birds,” says Carla Freed, a Kansas breeder and researcher. “It’s always been about the money.”
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