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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
Views: 8510
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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: 8350
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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: 7779
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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: 7399
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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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The 32 Closest Ones Are Often Overlooked - Discover MagazineWildlife in 'catastrophic decline' due to human destruction, scientists warn - BBC NewsA virtual menagerie: How conservation and rescue efforts can connect us with wildlife around the world - The Washington PostSwift action needed to help critically endangered parrot - Science at ANUSaving the African grey parrot: the battle to beat the pet smugglers - Financial TimesWild birds: licence to kill or take for conservation purposes (GL40) - GOV.UKThe Tragedy Of The Swearing Parrot - ForbesPet birds, parrots require special knowledge and care - The Resident Community News Group, Inc. | The Resident Community News Group, Inc. - The Resident Community NewsAustralia's environment minister orders investigation into export of hundreds of endangered parrots - The GuardianWorld wildlife day: Cameroon's rich biodiversity face innumerable threats - Down To Earth MagazineChirp to arms: musicians record album to help conserve endangered birds - The GuardianBrazilian Amazon drained of millions of wild animals by criminal networks: Report - Mongabay.comHow the wild parrots of San Diego arrived in America's Finest City - 10NewsJailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives - Audubon Magazine BlogTackling illegal killing, taking and trade of birds in Sub-Saharan Africa - BirdLife InternationalEscaped pet parrots are now naturalized in 23 US states, study finds - Science DailyHow to spot wildlife in the city: Tips from an urban naturalist - EuronewsTobago hunter turns conservationist, opens wildlife park - TT Newsday - TT NewsdayGrey-breasted Parakeet recovers from three fledglings to a thousand - BirdLife InternationalCan tech save the kakapo, New Zealand's 'gorgeous, hilarious' parrot? - CNNTrack a kÄkÄpÅ? New Zealand's precious parrot under drone eye - The GuardianNumbers of critically endangered orange-bellied parrot soar from low 20s to more than 100 - The GuardianPreserving Dead Parrots in Order to Save the Living - Natural Resources Defense CouncilPeshawar Zoo attracts influx of tourists,wildlife lovers following coronavirus pandemic - UrduPoint NewsHundreds of wild parrots are thriving in this Brazilian city - National GeographicFlorida grasshopper sparrow will probably go extinct. A conservation effort may be the last hope. - The Washington PostHow the Scarlet Macaw Returned to Honduras | Science - Smithsonian.comAfrican gray parrots, facts and photos - National GeographicField Notes: Reinvigorating wild parrot populations with captive birds - Mongabay.comBlue-throated macaw, facts and photos - National GeographicWhy You Should Not Buy a Pet Bird - One Green PlanetVideo: Thousands of illegally caught African gray parrots being rehabilitated - Mongabay.comBarely any tree hollows are good enough for superb parrot nests, and that could pose an existential threat - ABC NewsWhat this critically endangered bird tells us about Australia's failing environment protection laws - ABC NewsUS Fish And Wildlife Provides Funding To Help Conserve The Puerto Rican Parrot - ForbesWild and captive Blue-throated Macaws are genetically distinct - BirdGuidesEscaped Pet Parrots Are Doing Great in the Wild - Smithsonian.comNew Zealand aims to save the ‘strangest parrot on Earth’ - The Washington Post'Don't let your cat outside': Q&A with author Peter Christie - Mongabay.comThe secret call of the wild: how animals teach each other to survive - The GuardianActivist slams illegal wildlife, pet trade: Stop the animal torture - Loop News Trinidad and TobagoBrazilian Amazon Has Lost Millions of Wild Animals to Criminal Networks, Report Finds - EcoWatchWildlife trade in Mexico, conservation, and pandemics - Brookings InstitutionIllegal wildlife trade finds a new marketplace—social media - The Kathmandu PostGrey and Timneh Parrots continue to dwindle in Africa's forests - BirdGuides'A legitimate zoo?' How an obscure German group cornered global trade in endangered parrots - The GuardianFlock Together: Foster Parrots help forgotten birds spread their wings - The IndependentNo longer Endangered: the Echo Parakeet's 100-year recovery plan - BirdLife InternationalBirdsCaribbean welcomes renewed support for Dominica's native parrots - Dominica News OnlineThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington PostA new conservation project is created in Costa Rica thanks to COVID-19 - Mongabay.comInside Germany's Giant, Hungry, Flightless-Bird Problem - National Audubon SocietyFormer pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 U.S. states - National GeographicLoro Parque Foundation Saves 10 Species of Parrots From Total Extinction in the Wild - PRNewswire
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