| Amazon Expedition Travel
|
 |
|
|
|
| User Functions
|
|
|
Don't have an account yet? Sign up as a New User
|
|
| Help support this site!
|
|
|
Help support this site... your donations are needed to support research, conservation, and rescue efforts.
|
|
|
|
| U.S. Border cops seize parrots hidden in duffel bag |
|
Saturday, June 30 2007 @ 03:40 PM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 5219
|
 PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. Border police found ten Amazon parrots stuffed in the duffel bag of a man crossing from Mexico, authorities said on Thursday.
Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry, south of San Diego, Calif., found the small, green birds hidden in a bag in a pickup truck on Tuesday, and arrested the driver, a U.S. citizen.
CBP spokesman Vince Bond said the birds were placed in agricultural quarantine and transferred to the Department of Agriculture's veterinary services.
He said officers at two ports of entry south of San Diego had seized 152 wild birds since October 1 last year.
"This is an enforcement issue we take very seriously. We are doing our utmost to keep dangerous viruses and diseases from entering the United States," Bond said.
San Ysidro is the busiest border crossing in the world. Inspectors more frequently discover drugs and undocumented migrants smuggled from the sprawling industrial city of Tijuana, in Mexico.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2843157720070628
|
|
|
| Ex-soldiers, parrots in mutual healing |
|
Sunday, June 03 2007 @ 02:19 PM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 7843
|
Source :: REUTERS
A dog may be a man's best friend. But for some traumatised US war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.
Rescued and abused parrots are helping the veterans turn their lives around in a unique programme launched officially on Thursday at a Los Angeles Veterans Affairs facility.
The parrots — which sometimes pluck their own feathers when stressed out after years in cramped cages or abandoned by owners — are thriving too in what organisers say is an exercise in mutual healing.
"Both the veterans and the parrots have suffered some kind of traumatic stress. Both are learning to build compassion and empathy together," said Lorin Lindner, the psychologist behind the Serenity Park Sanctuary at the VA’s headquarters in the Westwood section of Los Angeles.
|
|
|
| Kazakh's appeal after parrots die in custody |
|
Thursday, May 24 2007 @ 07:21 PM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 4939
|
4.03, Mon May 21 2007
 Kazakh police urged animal rights groups to help them take care of thousands parrots and turtles seized from a smuggler.
The appeal came just days after dozens of parrots died of hunger at a police station.
Interior Ministry spokesman Bagdat Kozhakhmetov: "We have all the conditions to keep humans in custody but there is nothing in legislation about maintaining seized animals."
He told reporters police seized 1,000 parrots, canaries, peacocks and pigeons, and 1,000 turtles, all packed in big bags, from an Uzbek citizen last week.
Mr Kozhakhmetov said: "There is a serious problem. They might die."
"We would like to call on NGOs (non governmental organisations), if they could help police officers deal with this risky and unexpected burden."
Last week dozens of parrots seized from a smuggler died of hunger and thirst before they could be handed over to a zoo.
Kazakhstan lies on a smuggling route for rare birds and animals being taken to Russia and Europe.
http://www.itv.com/news/world_cb6f689a752f32046137b4677090675e.html
|
|
|
| Land Purchase Helps to Save Endangered Parrot |
|
Sunday, March 25 2007 @ 04:52 PM UTC
Contributed by: MikeSchindlinger
Views: 6937
|
 American Bird Conservancy has teamed up with the Brazilian conservation group Fundação Biodiversitas and the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund to purchase more than 3,000 acres of vital habitat to protect the Lear’s Macaw, one of the worlds’ most endangered birds. The project will protect key nesting sites; ensure their protection through hiring of forest guards, and support education efforts in local communities.
The Critically Endangered Lear's Macaw is one of the rarest and most spectacular of the world’s parrots, said George Fenwick, President of American Bird Conservancy. We are grateful for the support of the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund and the outstanding work of Biodiversitas to conserve a species that is on the brink of extinction.
|
|
|
| Night Parrot - near extinction - confirmed in Australian Outback |
|
Friday, February 16 2007 @ 03:37 PM UTC
Contributed by: Paul Brennan
Views: 9870
|
 Bad news for one night parrot, good for species
Greg Roberts
February 16, 2007
ONE "dead" parrot in Queensland has risen phoenix-like from the ashes, as another has been given its last rites. The Australian has learned that National Parks and Wildlife Service officers have found a dead night parrot in the state's far west, confirming the survival of Australia's rarest bird.
In a discovery of international significance, the parrot was found in November in the Diamantina Lakes region after it flew into a barbed-wire fence. The Government has kept the find secret to avoid birdwatchers searching for night parrots while it does a survey to find more.
|
|
|
| "City Parrots" to investigate the city macaws of Medellin |
|
Thursday, January 11 2007 @ 12:44 PM UTC
Contributed by: roelantjonker
Views: 7342
|
 Araproject has landed in Medellin, Colombia, where forestry student Carlos Vásquez is presently conducting a pilot study into the Wild parrots of the city.
The local zoo, Zoológico Santa Fe de Medellín, released several macaws in the '80s when a local law made it illegal for the inhabitants of Colombia to own native species. Overwhelmed by the amount of macaws that were placed in their care they decided to free-range these parrots. They could come and go as they pleased. Food was available for them in aviaries.
These macaws adjusted well to their new surroundings and, much like the Dutch Macaws Araproject has been studying for the last couple of year in the Netherlands, have become very independent of there human caregivers.
|
|
|
|
|
| Who's Online
|
|
Guest Users: 6
|
|
| Foster Parrots - Adoption and Conservation
|
|
|
|
|
| Vote
|
|
How many years have you lived with a parrot?
1853 votes | 0 comments
|
|
| Vote
|
|
Where does your parrot's species live? (Cast an additional vote for each bird you live with)
1307 votes | 3 comments
|
|
| Adopt a Parrot
|
|
|
|
|
| Current Parrot News
|
|
|
Jailbird Parrots Return to the Wild...As Fugitives - National Audubon SocietyConservation Program Prepares Captive Parrots For Life In The Wild - Texas A&M TodayThese parrots once roamed the American Southwest. Scientists are trying to help them : Short Wave - NPRDoes parrot farming protect wild species? Wildlife trade researchers review the evidence - The ConversationCritically endangered parakeets get a new home on New Zealand island - MongabayRecord-Breaking Migration of Orange-Bellied Parrot Will be Flying High After Years of Conservation Work Pays Off - Good News NetworkVantara reintroduces 41 extinct-in-the-wild Spix’s Macaws in Brazil - Nation ThailandThis unorthodox method is saving baby parrots from extinction - National GeographicCelebrating World Parrot Day: Introducing the IUCN SSC Wild Parrot Specialist Group to Boost Global Parrot Conservation - IUCN(PDF) Effects of bird-feeding activities on the health of wild birds - ResearchGateFinalists for 2025 Indianapolis Prize helping protect parrots, manatees, jaguars and more - IndyStarThese parrots once roamed the American Southwest. Scientists are trying to help them : Short Wave - NPRIn Brazil, free-flight lessons help teach macaws to survive in the wild - MongabayMedia Release - Vantara Partners with ACTP to Reintroduce 41 Extinct-in-the-Wild Spix’s Macaws in Brazil An Initiative Demonstrating Vantara’s Commitment to Advancing Global Wildlife Conservation Jamnagar (Gujarat), 30th January 2025: Declared extinct - FacebookBreaking Chains, Saving Wings: Wildlife SOS-GSPCA and Forest Department Rescue Parrots from Captivity - Pune Times MirrorFor ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty - MongabayChina’s plans to trace wildlife trade risks inflaming trafficking, critics warn - MongabayCITES suspends Bangladesh as illegal wild bird trade continues - MongabayInstitutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk - MongabayFIU conservation scientists give trafficked, endangered parrots fighting chance - FIU NewsUsing Permits to Conserve Birds - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)Rare orange-bellied parrot chick born at Victorian wildlife conservation park - Pulse TasmaniaUC student's parrot conservation work featured in new docuseries - University of CincinnatiSingapore’s Wild Bird Trade Raises Troubling Questions About African Grey Parrots - WCS NewsroomFive seabird species added to conservation 'red list' - BBCTo Feed or Not to Feed Wild Birds - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)Texas A&M Researchers Apply Free-Flight Training To Parrot Conservation - Texas A&M TodayExotic Parrot Colonies Are Flourishing Across the Country - National Audubon Societyillegal trade in parrots punished with strong convictions - International Fund for Animal Welfare | IFAWSaving parrots in the illegal wildlife trade with DNA technology - Earth.comSaving Hawaii's Forest Birds - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)EU’s legal loophole feeds gray market for world’s rarest parrot - MongabayTHE PARROT KING - National Audubon SocietyHow the wild parrots of San Diego arrived in America's Finest City - 10News.comParrots - Defenders of WildlifeCan We Conserve Endangered Parrots By Keeping Them In Cities? - ForbesSaving the blue parrots of South America - BBC EarthBird’s-eye view: Lessons from 50 years of bird trade regulation & conservation in Amazon countries - Traffic.orgWildlife Trafficking Is the Biggest Threat to Birds on the 2016 IUCN Red List - National Audubon SocietyL.A. is home to a famous flocks of parrots. How'd they get there? - National GeographicField Notes: Reinvigorating wild parrot populations with captive birds - MongabayArizona’s Extirpated, Native Parrots - MeatEaterSingaporean man jailed and fined for trying to smuggle 11 wild birds into Malaysia - The Straits TimesVideo: Thousands of illegally caught African gray parrots being rehabilitated - MongabayMEDIA NOTE: Confiscated Birds Released to Wild in Indonesia - WCS NewsroomThere are 14 wild orange-bellied parrots left – this summer is our last chance to save them - The ConversationJuan Carlos Cantú - Defenders of WildlifeSome of San Francisco's iconic wild parrots are sick. Meet the people who are saving them. - SFGATEBans on the bird trade in South America yield mixed results - MongabayTrade in African Grey Parrots for Belief-Based Use: Insights From West Africa's Largest Traditional Medicine Market - FrontiersOrange-bellied parrot shows there’s more to saving endangered species than captive breeding - The ConversationMore capacity building funds needed for small nonprofit conservation groups (commentary) - MongabaySingapore’s Wild Bird Trade Raises Troubling Questions About African Grey Parrots - Traffic.orgGlobal trade in African grey parrots banned - Phys.orgAfrican grey parrot has global summit to thank for protected status | Illegal wildlife trade - The GuardianSingapore's wild bird trade raises troubling questions about African grey parrots - Phys.orgSaving flightless parrots from extinction - BBC Wildlife MagazineEcho parakeet management programme - ZSLCoxen’s fig parrot - Queensland GovernmentA thriving online market for wild birds emerges in Bangladesh - Mongabay‘Astronomical Money’: How Smugglers Made Tens of Millions Moving Rare Birds Around the World - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project | OCCRPInternational trade in African grey parrots banned - MongabaySpix’s macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy - MongabayThreats to Birds: Habitat Impacts - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)Spix's Macaw returns to wild - BirdGuidesThis parrot was thought to be extinct in the wild — until a farmer spotted one - The Washington Post‘A legitimate zoo?’ How an obscure German group cornered global trade in endangered parrots - The GuardianCritically Endangered Parrot Bounces Back in Huge Conservation Victory - ScienceAlertParrot species declared extinct in the wild flies again - EnviroNews NigeriaCeremonial Headdresses Threaten Vulnerable Parrot Species - WorldAtlasHabitat Preferences of the Grey Parrot in Heterogeneous Vegetation Landscapes and Their Conservation Implications - Wiley Online LibraryConservation Concern for the Deteriorating Geographical Range of the Grey Parrot in Cameroon - Wiley Online LibraryThe 12 Endangered Birds Most At Risk of Extinction - Earth.comParrots Seized from Congolese Traffickers in April 2022 released to the wild - Modern GhanaHobby aviculturists believe they can help conserve endangered birds - Australian Broadcasting CorporationUWEC releases back into the wild rehabilitated African grey parrots - Nilepost NewsHopes of saving orange-bellied parrot hang on foster baby - Australian Broadcasting CorporationDon’t give up on orange-bellied parrots yet, there’s still hope - The ConversationUWEC unveils African Grey Parrot Conservation Center - ChimpReportsParrots Seized from Congolese Traffickers Released to the Wild - SoftPower NewsUganda releases over 50 captive parrots into the wild - NewVision.co.ugEarth Wire -- Global trade in wild African Grey Parrot banned, U.N. meeting rules - ANTARA NewsUWEC opens Uganda’s first grey parrot conservation centre - Daily MonitorNew general licences for the control of wild birds - GOV.UK
|
|
|
|
|
