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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.
“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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| 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 Zealand’s 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 London’s 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: 7718
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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: 7112
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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: 6843
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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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But We're Silencing It. - National GeographicA new action plan to tackle illegal parrot trading in Indonesia - BirdLife InternationalBentley grandfather awarded Medal of the Order of Australia - Community Newspaper GroupFlorida's Wild Parrots Are Being Poached and It's Perfectly Legal - The Weather ChannelStunning Blue Macaw Species that Inspired Kids' Movie Rio Extinct From Wild - PEOPLE.com'Blu' macaw that inspired movie Rio one of eight bird species newly listed as extinct - ABC NewsPrivate plane to fly endangered orange-bellied parrots for summer sojourn - The GuardianParrot patrol - Nature.comDozens of last blue macaws to be reintroduced to Brazil - Phys.OrgVirus that robs parrots of their plumage has spread around the globe - Nature.comBird's-eye view: Lessons from 50 years of bird trade regulation & conservation in Amazon countries - TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade NewsSwift parrot polyamory a new threat to critically endangered species' survival - The GuardianThreatened orange-bellied parrots to hitch ride on plane in effort to save species - ABC NewsBlue parrots that inspired the film 'Rio' are now thought to be extinct in the wild, study finds - indy100Foreign donations prop up Australia's endangered parrot response - The GuardianFive ways our partners are working to prevent the next Spix's Macaw - BirdLife InternationalMacaws In Danger: Bird Lovers Sound The Alarm As Numbers Dwindle - WLRNEight bird species are first confirmed avian extinctions this decade - The GuardianParrot Genomes Provide Insights Into Evolution Of Longevity And Cognition - ForbesIndonesia confiscated some 200 pet cockatoos. What happened to them? - Mongabay.comTo Save Endangered Species, Should We Bring Them Into Our Cities? - SmithsonianLegal Poaching Is Threatening Miami's Wild Parrots - Miami New TimesParrot-inspired robots track birds across remote landscapes - GeographicalAustin's green parrots deserve a stable home - UT The Daily TexanSocial marketing campaigns can help threatened wildlife species recover - Science DailyTwo rare macaws on show at Bird Park - The Straits TimesParrot that inspired 2011 blockbuster film Rio among bird species that have disappeared - CBC.caPhotos: These animals are bouncing back from the brink of extinction - National GeographicRed-crowned parrots wander into Texas | Local News - Victoria AdvocateThe 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference: our pledges - BirdLife InternationalIndigenous leaders shoulder duty of saving parrot in peril - The Sydney Morning HeraldScientists Are Tracking Endangered Swift Parrots With Drones - Green MattersWhat the Eight Latest Bird Extinctions Can Tell Us - Natural Resources Defense CouncilCould Machine Learning Be the Key to Better Plant Conservation? - Pacific StandardFlight of Fancy: early depictions of the parrot trade in European art - BirdLife InternationalEndangered Species May Need 'Sanctuary Cities,' Too - CityLab10 birds that came back from the brink of extinction - Business InsiderCussing parrot, dolphins that love TV: The wildest animal news of 2018 - CNETIndonesia adds hundreds of birds to protected species list - Mongabay.comThe wider impact of illegal wildlife trade - Phys.OrgThe tragic story of America's only native parrot, now extinct for 100 years - The Conversation - USCaging parrots can put you behind bars - Mumbai LiveThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington PostRarely Glimpsed Scaly Pangolins Caught Hugging Trees in the Dark - InfosurhoyPensacola's wildest of the wild: Our most interesting animal stories of 2018 - Pensacola News JournalPuerto Rico's Parrot Population Is Slowly Recovering - Atlas ObscuraAudio: The best wildlife calls featured on the Mongabay Newscast in 2018 - Mongabay.comHey buddy, want to get rid of that python? - Sun SentinelDid Native Americans Breed Parrots in New Mexico 1,000 Years Ago? - D-brief - Discover MagazineVermin fence poses ‘threat’ to rare parrot - The West AustralianProtecting Honduras’s national bird - The EconomistGood Job, Humans: 8 More Bird Species Confirmed Extinct - HuffPostHow blockchain gaming could benefit wildlife conservation - Mongabay.comVideo: Thousands of illegally caught African gray parrots being rehabilitated - Mongabay.comIn eastern Indonesia, a bird-trafficking hotspot flies under the radar - Mongabay.comSylhet Wildlife Conservation Centre to open on Friday - Dhaka TribuneUN Wildlife Conference Bans Global Trade Of Africa's Grey Parrots - Forbes NowRed-Crowned Parrot Demonstrates Potential Of Moving Endangered Species To Cities - Green MattersDominica's beloved wildlife still shaky a year after Maria - Phys.OrgThese are the animals that went extinct in 2018 - MashableField Notes: Reinvigorating wild parrot populations with captive birds - Mongabay.comLincoln Park Zoo Hosts Conference on Reintroducing Endangered Species - Chicago Tonight | WTTWRecord numbers of Blue-throated Macaws spotted - BirdLife InternationalMating season looking positive for highly endangered orange-bellied parrot - ABC NewsThe week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment - The GuardianWhy Did the Carolina Parakeet Go Extinct? - SmithsonianLondon Zoo's annual weighing of its animals could be a huge help to conservation in the wild - The IndependentThousands of African gray parrots rescued from traffickers in Congo (video) - TreehuggerOne prominent parrot - Otago Daily TimesFloating Museum Employee Cited In Osprey Shooting - WLRNState Wildlife Officers Investigating Osprey Shooting In Key West - WLRNGreat extinction: Blue macaw from the hit movie Rio joins Nature's growing legion of lost species - The New DailyParrot on verge of annihilation poses first hurdle for new Environment Minister - The Sydney Morning HeraldArrests in Kalimantan and Sabah for dealing in protected bird species - TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade NewsAfrican Grey Parrots Need Your Help! - ScienceBlogsThis Talking Bird Is Disappearing From the Wild - National GeographicWhy Do Wild Parrots Eat Dirt In The Amazon? - Forbes NowIn Puerto Rico, a Hopeful Sight: Endangered Parrot Spotted After Hurricane Maria - NBCNews.com
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