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| European ban hurts African export industry |
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Monday, January 16 2006 @ 09:15 AM GMT
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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 Flu fear stops bird trade in countries like Mali, Guinea
BAMAKO, Mali - For these caged Senegalese parrots, chirping away their morning in captivity, a European ban to combat an Asian virus may mean freedom.
Or starvation.
In late October, a quarantined parrot from South America died in the United Kingdom from the H51N strain of the avian bird influenza, prompting the European Union to impose a blanket prohibition on the importation of all exotic birds.
The temporary ban has shuttered the bird export industry in some of Africa's poorest countries, forcing traders here in Bamako to choose between feeding birds they might never sell, or letting their investment fly away.
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| birdie stock 2006 |
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Friday, January 13 2006 @ 02:54 AM GMT
Contributed by: birdrescueron
Views: 3070
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Birdie Stock 06
The largest outdoor Parrot Festival ever held!
Memorial Day Weekend - May 26-27-28-29, 2006
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| Macaws in the famous sky over Holland |
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Friday, January 06 2006 @ 03:42 PM GMT
Contributed by: roelantjonker
Views: 3732
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20 years ago I first heard about Macaws flying freely in my home country of the Netherlands. I was watching a television show presented by famous Dutch comedian and nature show host Ivo de Wijs. He talked about a 17th century estate in the west of The Netherlands that was recently bought by the national forest service. He pictured the audience a romantic view on the history of the estate with many tropical plants that, like magic, got a foothold in its 17th century landscape.
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| Greek officials hunt for diseased German parrots |
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Tuesday, January 03 2006 @ 09:33 AM GMT
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 2454
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3 January 2006
ATHENS - Greek officials began a hunt to track down some 30 parrots imported from Germany which are believed to be carrying a disease that can be passed on to humans, news reports said Tuesday.
Officials in Pireaus, near Athens, said they were starting to track down the birds after they were suspected of having Chlamydia Psittaci, or parrot fever, the Greek daily Kathimerini reported.
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| Who is Stealing the Wild Parrots of Brooklyn? |
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Monday, October 10 2005 @ 11:28 PM BST
Contributed by: brooklynparrots
Views: 4051
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The poachers arrived around 2:00 AM, travelling on bicycles so that sleeping residents did not hear their stealthy approach. They parked their bikes and the leader climbed up the Con Ed power pole until he was within arms' reach of the wild parrot nest. He threw a net over the nest, captured several terrified parrots, and handed down his quarry to a second man, who stuffed the birds into a carrier. The poachers remounted their bikes, rode a few blocks East, climbed another pole, and repeated their operation. Then the thieves were gone, departing as quietly as they had arrived.
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On November 17th, crews from United Illuminating, the USDA, and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection began killing off Connecticut's population of free-range monk parakeets (otherwise known as monk parrots) using carbon dioxide gas.
