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| Macaws in the famous sky over Holland |
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Friday, January 06 2006 @ 03:42 PM UTC
Contributed by: roelantjonker
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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 UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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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 UTC
Contributed by: brooklynparrots
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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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| Birds bid Roaring Fork Valley adieu, as The Gabriel Foundation forced to move |
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Monday, October 03 2005 @ 03:29 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
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By Naomi Havlen; October 2, 2005
It's a bittersweet farewell this weekend for about 150 of the Roaring Fork Valley's most colorful, feathery residents.
The birds that live at The Gabriel Foundation, a parrot rescue and adoption agency located in Emma, have found a new home in Elizabeth, 35 miles south of Denver. The nonprofit had been taking in abandoned or mistreated parrots in their Eagle County and then Pitkin County locations, and adopting them out to good homes nationwide, but was cited for land-use violations by both counties.
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| Philatelic praise for Pacific's parrots and pigeons |
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Monday, October 03 2005 @ 03:18 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 5303
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19-09-2005
Two new sets of BirdLife International stamps have been issued highlighting the diversity of the Pacific's birds. A number of the species illustrated have never previously featured on a stamp.
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- SmithsonianSaving the ‘Asian Unicorns’: How do you protect what you can’t see? - The Washington PostBirds in Flight - Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstitutePrivate plane to fly endangered orange-bellied parrots for summer sojourn - The GuardianWhat the Eight Latest Bird Extinctions Can Tell Us - Natural Resources Defense CouncilParrot Genomes Provide Insights Into Evolution Of Longevity And Cognition - ForbesPeople who feed birds impact conservation - Science DailyVideo: Thousands of illegally caught African gray parrots being rehabilitated - Mongabay.comGenetic tagging may help conserve the world's wildlife: Ecologists suggest studying DNA signatures is a 'one-stop-shop' for wildlife conservation - Science DailyCities may save some species from extinction, but they don’t save species’ ecological functions - Mongabay.comRainforest Trust Saves 20 Million Acres of Land for Wildlife and Communities - Rainforest TrustRed-crowned parrots wander into Texas | Local News - Victoria AdvocateFrom Snow Leopards to Soldiers: Conservation in a War-torn Land - The RevelatorGuarding guaras Protecting Honduras’s national bird - The EconomistAnimal species are disappearing, and we the people are the problem - The Washington PostUK wild newt species free from flesh-eating fungus for now..: Wildlife conservation charity urges private amphibian traders to prevent Bsal fungus from infecting wild populations - Science DailyHurricane Maria dealt woman's life mission a major setback -- but she isn't giving up - AccuWeather.comBlue parrots that inspired the film 'Rio' are now thought to be extinct in the wild, study finds - The indy100The majority of animals in the wildlife trade are not protected by CITES - National GeographicCould Machine Learning Be the Key to Better Plant Conservation? - Pacific StandardThe high price endangered animals pay for charisma - Phys.OrgThis Popular Parrot 'Talks' Like Us. But We're Silencing It. - National GeographicCussing parrot, dolphins that love TV: The wildest animal news of 2018 - CNETEndangered Species May Need 'Sanctuary Cities,' Too - CityLabMajor Protection for Grauer's Gorillas in the Congo Rainforest - Rainforest TrustDelays in banning wildlife trade put hundreds of species at risk - Science DailyParrot Uses Amazon Alexa to Order Items While Its Owner Is Away - The Epoch TimesIn eastern Indonesia, a bird-trafficking hotspot flies under the radar - Mongabay.comCritically Endangered Echidna among wildlife menagerie seized in Philippines - TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade NewsField Notes: Reinvigorating wild parrot populations with captive birds - Mongabay.comPensacola's wildest of the wild: Our most interesting animal stories of 2018 - Pensacola News JournalSunburn — The morning read of what's hot in Florida politics — 5.15.19 - Florida PoliticsThreatened orange-bellied parrots to hitch ride on plane in effort to save species - ABC NewsThousands of African gray parrots rescued from traffickers in Congo (video) - TreehuggerMacaws In Danger: Bird Lovers Sound The Alarm As Numbers Dwindle - WLRNFor the birds | News - Palo Alto OnlineThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington PostWildlife Officers Rescue 550 Birds Stuffed in Tiny Cages From Illegal Pet Market in India - The Epoch TimesForever Gone: The Tale of the Carolina Parakeet | UTNE READER - Utne Reader Online
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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.
