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Hundreds of thousands’ of birds saved by import ban

October 27, 2006 — Filed in: Conservation

Parrots have been saved by an import ban, RSPB claims

Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) © Environmental Investigation Agency, air transport cages seized in Belgium.

A temporary import ban on birds introduced due to the threat of bird flu has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of rare and exotic birds, the RSPB has claimed today.

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