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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: 8662
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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: 8226
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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: 7720
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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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Can their wild kin understand them? - National GeographicCan We Conserve Endangered Parrots By Keeping Them In Cities? - ForbesâItâs not rocket scienceâ: how the worldâs fastest parrot could be saved - The GuardianYour Next Visit to the Houston Zoo Could Help Save St. Vincent Parrot & Other Animals - Houston On The CheapPermits | US Fish & Wildlife Service - US Fish and Wildlife ServiceâNo excusesâ: limited conservation efforts could save at least 47 Australian animals from extinction - The GuardianHow San Diego's wild parrots arrived in the region - ABC 10 News San Diego KGTVBird singing contests: A clash of culture and conservation - Phys.orgBig tech, regulators and conservationists must unite to tackle online wildlife trade - The ConversationParrot poachers striking while the market's hot - Science DailyCockatoo Rescue collapse makes case for Animal Welfare Act inspection - Animals 24-7Jailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives - National Audubon SocietySmart parrots need more stimulation, new research finds - EurekAlertUnravelling the mystery of parrot longevity: Bigger brains have led some species of parrot to live surprisingly long lives, new research shows - Science DailyThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild â until a farmer spotted one - The Washington PostâWe are going to lose these birdsâ: the quiet fight to save the golden-shouldered parrot - The GuardianThe conservation success stories of 2021 - The Natural History MuseumFormer pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 US states - National GeographicChasing the Night Parrot: The 'Ghost Bird' of Australia's Outback - The New York TimesAs animal seed dispersers go the way of the dodo, forest plants are at risk - Mongabay.comQueen of the corvids: the scientist fighting to save the worldâs brainiest birds - The GuardianUnleashing the conservation potential of captive parrots by enabling wild behaviours - University of BirminghamFor birdwatchers, the princess parrot is one of Australia's most highly desired - Australian GeographicSix Australian birds you may never have heard of ⌠and may not be heard from again - The GuardianNew Orange-Bellied Parrots Join Record Flock - Mirage NewsFive Ways to Help Wildlife on Earth Day - Defenders of WildlifeCurious Questions: Are parakeets a treasure or a curse? - Country LifeThe best animal encounter experiences in Southern California - Los Angeles TimesHundreds of wild parrots are thriving in this Brazilian city - National GeographicRelease the cats: Training native species to fear invasive predators - Mongabay.comSpecies suffer a second extinction when society forgets about them - Earth.comConservation Biologist Murdered In Colombia Saved Two Species - ForbesSocial Media Helps Sounds of Endangered Birds Soar to No. 5 on the Australian Music Charts - NewsweekPreserving Dead Parrots in Order to Save the Living - NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)Hope for Orange-bellied Parrot as numbers hit 15-year high - BirdguidesThe Violent Cost of Conservation | Audubon - National Audubon SocietySeduced By a Rare Parrot | Science - Smithsonian MagazineGlobal trade in exotic pets threatens endangered parrots through the spread of a virus - Phys.orgRare Parrots Rebound In New Zealand And Australia - Worldatlas.comBreakthrough offers a lifeline for one of the world's most endangered birds - The Natural History MuseumEscaped Pet Parrots Are Doing Great in the Wild - Smithsonian.comCelebrating the Establishment of the California Desert Conservation Program - Defenders of WildlifeExtinction: Why scientists are freezing threatened species in 'biobanks' - BBCSpix's macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy - Mongabay.comTwo-thirds of Australia has lost its unique birdlife - University of QueenslandCritically endangered parrots return to Canterbury valley after 15-year absence - StuffBird owners urged to protect flocks after avian influenza detected in wild, domestic birds - Detroit Free PressConfounding Rules Can Hinder Conservation: Disparities in Law Regulation on Domestic and International Parrot Trade within and among Neotropical Countries - DocWire NewsParrots are facing extinction, and only policymakers can save them - ZME ScienceParrots Live in New York City. Here's How They Make It in the Urban Jungle - DISCOVER MagazineâCanaries in the coalmineâ: loss of birds signals changing planet - The GuardianWWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar - ABC NewsThousands of Years of Inbreeding May Have Saved This Flightless Parrot From Extinction - Smithsonian MagazineNew Zealand's quirky kÄkÄpĹ are pulled back from the edge of extinction - The Natural History MuseumSafe Haven for Birds, Midwest Wildlife Refuge Threatened by Electrical Line - Defenders of WildlifeRelease of Highly Endangered Red Wolves into Wild Gives Hope to Renewed Conservation - Defenders of WildlifeThe Paths We Take | Audubon - National Audubon SocietyThe Heart of the Matter: Cardiac Conditions in Guam Rails - Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteExperts warn of âbiosecurity riskâ at bustling Bali Bird Market - Al Jazeera EnglishUnder heavy predation, Swift Parrots produce more sons - BirdguidesCan Parrots That Speak Different Dialects Understand Each Other? - ForbesFor Adams Cassinga, fighting wildlife trafficking in DRC is a life mission - Mongabay.com2022 Appropriations Fall Short of Conservation Needs - Defenders of WildlifeLord of the wings - The Straits Times
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