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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
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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.
Its never been about the birds, says Carla Freed, a Kansas breeder and researcher. Its always been about the money.
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| Eco-tour to Rancho Los Ebanos; |
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Saturday, February 04 2006 @ 03:01 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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We're planning another trip to Rancho Los Ebanos, Tamaulipas, Mexico, where bird watching is awesome! Los Ebanos is a private ranch, five thousand acres on the Gulf of Mexico, just north of Tampico. There are three sympatric Amazon species, Amazona oratrix (Yellow-headed), Amazona autumnalis (Red-lored) and Amazona viridigenalis (Red-headed or Green-cheeked). Red-heads are endemic to a very small area and are highly endangered though fortunately, they are still doing well at this site. We will make two or three daily field tours to see amazons and other amazing flora and fauna of the Gulf Coast lowland forest including kingfishers, herons, cormorants, spoonbills and osprey on the lake and channel and many shorebirds on the coast. High on the list of many birders's 'desired to see' list are the Elegant trogon, Blue-crowned motmot, the Ferruginous pygmy owl, and Squirrel cuckoo, and we have gotten good views of several of them on most visits...
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| Evolutionary theory aids species conservation |
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Saturday, January 21 2006 @ 11:39 AM UTC
Contributed by: roelantjonker
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 Monday, 16 January 2006, 2:29 pm
Press Release: University of Canterbury
16 January 2006
Evolutionary theory aids species conservation
Two University of Canterbury biologists are part of a team whose evolutionary informed approach to conservation is aiding the recovery of New Zealands critically endangered parrot, the kakapo.
Dr Bruce Robertson and Associate Professor Neil Gemmell (Biological Sciences) are members of a research team that has just had a paper published in the Royal Society of Londons prestigious journal Biology Letters. The manuscript outlines how the team, led by Dr Robertson, used sex allocation theory to remedy a conservation dilemma. A key prediction of sex allocation theory is that females in good condition should produce more sons.
The kakapo, which today has a population of 86 located on a handful of small island sanctuaries, is the subject of much global conservation interest. They only breed every two to five years and about 58% of eggs do not hatch.
Providing breeding females with extra food over the past decade has improved breeding frequency and chick survival, but at a recently-recognised cost: females in better condition were producing more sons.
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| Parrots Aren't Parroting Bad Behavior |
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Monday, January 16 2006 @ 09:27 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 8176
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 THURSDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Birds of a feather may flock together, but they certainly don't teach each other the compulsive habit known as feather picking.
While observing Orange-winged Amazon parrots, Purdue researchers discovered that abnormal repetitive behaviors are instead influenced by a combination of stress and genetics.
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| European ban hurts African export industry |
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Monday, January 16 2006 @ 09:15 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 7608
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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 UTC
Contributed by: birdrescueron
Views: 7203
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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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New Zealand's precious parrot under drone eye - The GuardianNew Parrot Conservation Alliance Launched | surfbirds - Surfbirds NewsOf every 10 parrots captured in Yucatan, 8 die in illegal marketplaces - Yucatán Expat LifeHow the Scarlet Macaw Returned to Honduras | Science - Smithsonian.comThese parrots are the first birds observed showing kindness to others - Science MagazineNo longer Endangered: the Echo Parakeet's 100-year recovery plan - BirdLife InternationalFlorida grasshopper sparrow will probably go extinct. A conservation effort may be the last hope. - The Washington PostBlue-throated macaw, facts and photos - National GeographicNumbers of critically endangered orange-bellied parrot soar from low 20s to more than 100 - The GuardianHow humans killed off the only parrot native to the continental U.S. - National GeographicAfrican Grey Parrots Help Each Other in Times of Need - Snopes.comHundreds of wild parrots are thriving in this Brazilian city - National GeographicWhy Do Parrots Waste Most Of What You Feed Them? - ForbesAfrican gray parrots, facts and photos - National GeographicActivist slams illegal wildlife, pet trade: Stop the animal torture - Loop News Trinidad and TobagoRare Parrots Rebound In New Zealand And Australia - World AtlasParrots Make Predictions Based On Statistical Probabilities - ForbesAre some parrots selfless? - Medical News TodayScience v poachers: how tech is transforming wildlife conservation - Financial TimesTo look after these birds is to 'fall in love' with them - Nature.comReal-life ‘Rio’: near-extinct macaws return to Brazil - INQUIRER.net'Extinction is a choice’: Margaret Atwood on Tasmania's forests and saving the swift parrot - The GuardianThe dawn chorus that heralds fresh hope for New Zealand's wildlife - The Guardian'Don't let your cat outside': Q&A with author Peter Christie - Mongabay.comWild and captive Blue-throated Macaws are genetically distinct - BirdGuidesWorld Sensation: The Spix's Macaw Is Back - BenzingaConservation in the time of Coronavirus: a message from the CEO - BirdLife InternationalCarolina parakeet: The high cost of empathy - CGTNLegal and illegal trade negatively impacting survival and wellbeing of Africa's wildlife: Report - Mongabay.comGhana Library Showcases Black and African Literature - Asharq Al-awsat - English12 Funny Wild Animal Pictures: A Comedy Wildlife Photography Award Preview - ForbesHow the wild parrots of San Diego arrived in America's Finest City - 10NewsA look back at some of the biggest bird conservation stories of 2019 - BirdLife InternationalCayman parrot amnesty ends - Cayman CompassGrey and Timneh Parrots continue to dwindle in Africa's forests - BirdGuidesNew Zealand aims to save the ‘strangest parrot on Earth’ - The Washington PostThinking Like A Parrot: How Do Parrots View The World? - ForbesEscaped pet parrots are now naturalized in 23 US states, study finds - Science DailyGlobal lockdowns spur worrying uptick in wildlife poaching | Daily Sabah - Daily SabahAction plan to save Bolivia's red-fronted macaw awaits its reboot - Mongabay.comSA-US breeding programme poses risk to wild birds - IOLGuam Rails Are No Longer Extinct in the Wild (Something Only One Other Bird Can Claim) - EcoWatchPsychic Numbing: Keeping Hope Alive in a World of Extinctions - Yale Environment 360Has the Macaw Species from 'Rio' Movies Been Declared Extinct in the Wild? - Snopes.comOnce Believed Extinct, New Zealand's Orange-Fronted Parakeet Makes Comeback - NPRInvasive parrots have varying impacts on European biodiversity, citizens and economy - Science DailyThese blue macaws help grow the forest around them, a new study finds - Mongabay.comTo prevent the next pandemic and save species, focus on wildlife trade | TheHill - The HillCOVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers - Forests News, Center for International Forestry ResearchU.S. demand for pets and skins threatens some African animals - National GeographicCrime Investigation Tool Reveals Origins Of UK’s Feral Parrots - ForbesRed List 2019: Guam Rail second bird to recover from extinction in wild - BirdLife InternationalBehold the Return of the Amazing New Zealand “Owl Parrot.” Look at It Dance! - Mother JonesCaptive tigers in the US outnumber those in the wild. It's a problem. - National GeographicCITES, the Treaty that Regulates Trade in International Wildlife, Is Not the Answer to Preventing Another Zoonotic Pandemic - Scientific AmericanParrots trained to home-in for their survival - MPNEWS - Mornington Peninsula NewsThe secret call of the wild: how animals teach each other to survive - The GuardianHow sharing animal photos online endangers wildlife - TNWWildlife wins: 7 good-news stories from 2019 - National GeographicNew Parrot Gets New Reserve, Just in Time - Rainforest TrustBrazil will let hunters shoot endangered jaguars, parrots and monkeys in rainforests under new law, warn conservation experts - The Independent'Nestbox revolution' for Critically Endangered parakeet - BirdGuidesGenome technology to save Australia's unique biodiversity - News - The University of SydneyNew Zealand’s Rarest Mainland Forest Bird Is Having an ‘Epic’ Breeding Season - EcoWatchDeadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa - Mongabay.comTrying to save the parrot is not all talk - Irish ExaminerLegal Poaching Is Threatening Miami's Wild Parrots - Miami New TimesFossils of a new species of giant parrot found in New Zealand - National GeographicRare kakapo parrots have best breeding season on record - BBC NewsSweeping extent of global trade in wild animals revealed - Nature.comExperience The Great Outdoors From Your Living Room With These Wildlife Live Streams - ForbesCovid-19 and wildlife trade bans - The EcologistUps and downs for endemic parrots and coffee in Ethiopia - BirdGuidesParrots, Popular Pet Birds, Threatened by Illegal Trade - National GeographicEscaped Pet Parrots Are Doing Great in the Wild - Smithsonian.com
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