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| National Bird Day Endorsement - Douglas Causey, Senior Biologist & Ornithologist, Harvard |
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Tuesday, December 16 2003 @ 05:54 PM UTC
Contributed by: Admin
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All wild birds have protected status in the US, in response to our concern over decades about their population declines. And yet that same kind of protection is not given to wild birds native to other countries when we permit trade here that impacts their lives. Even when that trade is unsustainable or inhumane.
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| Problems with the Wild and Domestic Bird Trade |
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Monday, December 15 2003 @ 06:20 PM UTC
Contributed by: monica
Views: 6519
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Any legal trade in exotic species, whether wild-caught or captive-bred, usually leads to an increase in popularity and demand for the animals as "pets," a demand for which there are always people eager to supply the pet market to make a fast buck, usually at the animal's expense.
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| An economic assessment of the potential for predator management to benefit Puerto Rican parrots |
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Wednesday, December 10 2003 @ 04:57 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 6817
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Engeman RM, Shwiff SA, Cano F, Constantin B
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
46 (2): 283-292 SEP 2003
Abstract:
The Puerto Rican parrot is one of the ten most endangered birds in the world, with the only wild population comprised of 30-40 birds. Predation has been identified as one of the factors limiting Puerto Rican parrot productivity in the wild, and the loss of a very few birds can have a great impact on the species. Management of red-tailed hawks, and black rats, feral cats and Indian mongooses, as well as further management of pearly-eyed thrashers is potentially beneficial to the parrot population. Because funding for the recovery of this rare species is finite, an analytical examination of the economics of predator management as a species enhancement method can provide managers with a solid basis for justifying and implementing this management approach.
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| Wild Monk Parrots of Brooklyn |
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Sunday, December 07 2003 @ 07:22 AM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 34404
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In and around streets and fields of Brooklyn College, Monk parrots thrive. The neighborhood values these transplanted bits of the wild, and reseachers at the college are observing their everyday habits.
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| Stereotypies in caged parrots, schizophrenia and autism: evidence for a common mechanism |
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Saturday, December 06 2003 @ 10:43 PM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 11123
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Here we show that stereotypy in captive Orange-Wing Amazon Parrots (Amazona amazonica) is correlated with poor performance on the same psychiatric task (the 'gambling task') as stereotypy in autistic and schizophrenic patients.
Garner JP, Meehan CL, Mench JA
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
145 (1-2): 125-134 OCT 17 2003
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| Ecotour Log: Los Ebanos, Tamaulipas, Mexico by J. Marie Digatono |
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Friday, December 05 2003 @ 09:40 PM UTC
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 10115
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 Just back from our ecotour to amazon country, we are truly in awe of what we have been fortunate enough to see! A pair of Amazona oratrix (Double Yellow-headed Amazons) flew directly over as we began our first morning tour, giving new visitors a taste of the excitement to come. Oratrix always seem to be having so much fun out there in the big open sky, yodeling duets with their mates and squawking at others who dare to land on "their" branch. That first afternoon, we got to observe a group of nine fairly closely!
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Does parrot farming protect wild species? 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How'd they get there? - National GeographicFIU conservation scientists give trafficked, endangered parrots fighting chance - FIU NewsNew Defenders of Wildlife Report Highlights Success of Mexico’s Parrot Trade Ban - Defenders of WildlifeUWEC unveils African Grey Parrot Conservation Center - chimpreports.comSaving Hawaii's Forest Birds - US Fish and Wildlife Service7 Simple Actions to Live Bird Friendly® - Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteEU’s legal loophole feeds gray market for world’s rarest parrot - Mongabay.comParrots - Defenders of WildlifeUC student's parrot conservation work featured in new docuseries - University of CincinnatiHow the wild parrots of San Diego arrived in America's Finest City - ABC 10 News San Diego KGTVTexas A&M Researchers Apply Free-Flight Training To Parrot Conservation - Texas A&M University TodayExotic Parrot Colonies Are Flourishing Across the Country - National Audubon SocietyCan We Conserve Endangered Parrots By Keeping Them In Cities? - ForbesMore capacity building funds needed for small nonprofit conservation groups (commentary) - Mongabay.comillegal trade in parrots punished with strong convictions - International Fund for Animal WelfareJailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives - National Audubon SocietyWildlife Trafficking Is the Biggest Threat to Birds on the 2016 IUCN Red List - National Audubon SocietyEnforcement curbs illegal bird trade - China DailySome of San Francisco's iconic wild parrots are sick. Meet the people who are saving them. - SFGATEArizona’s Extirpated, Native Parrots - MeatEaterField Notes: Reinvigorating wild parrot populations with captive birds - Mongabay.comSaving the blue parrots of South America - BBC EarthHow New Zealand saved the kakapo from extinction - National GeographicUS Fish And Wildlife Provides Funding To Help Conserve The Puerto Rican Parrot - ForbesThere are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them - The ConversationA thriving online market for wild birds emerges in Bangladesh - Mongabay.comThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington PostSingapore's wild bird trade raises troubling questions about African grey parrots - Phys.orgVideo: Thousands of illegally caught African gray parrots being rehabilitated - Mongabay.comUWEC opens Uganda’s first grey parrot conservation centre - MonitorThis Is The Shocking Way Wild Parrots End Up As Pets - The Dodo‘Astronomical Money’: How Smugglers Made Tens of Millions Moving Rare Birds Around the World - OCCRPTanya Plibersek announced swift parrot plan without showing recovery team who helped develop it - The GuardianParrots Seized from Congolese Traffickers in April 2022 released to the wild - Modern GhanaDeadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa - Mongabay.comThis bird survived Maui’s fires—but it could soon vanish - National GeographicSpix’s macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy - Mongabay.comGlobal trade in African grey parrots banned - Phys.orgFormer pet parrots breeding and thriving in 23 U.S. states - National GeographicAfrican grey parrot has global summit to thank for protected status - The GuardianThe 12 Endangered Birds Most At Risk of Extinction - Earth.comWild macaw parrots need to be protected from poachers in Miami-Dade, residents say - WPLG Local 10Ceremonial Headdresses Threaten Vulnerable Parrot Species - Worldatlas.comMiami's Wild Parrots Are Being Poached, and There's No Law to Protect Them - Miami New TimesParrot Thought To Be Extinct In The Wild Spotted Soaring Free - HuffPostConservation Concern for the Deteriorating Geographical Range of the Grey Parrot in Cameroon - Wiley Online LibraryBirds are more like ‘feathered apes’ than ‘bird brains’ - The GuardianSeduced By a Rare Parrot - Smithsonian MagazineHobby aviculturists believe they can help conserve endangered birds - ABC NewsDon’t give up on orange-bellied parrots yet, there’s still hope - The ConversationUganda releases over 50 captive parrots into the wild - New VisionThe parrot clawing its way back from the brink, one nest at a time - Sydney Morning Herald119 Grey African Parrots seized from Congolese traffickers released to the wild - The StandardOpinion | BAN THE IMPORTATION OF WILD-CAUGHT BIRDS - The Washington PostNew general licences for the control of wild birds - GOV.UK
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