Parrot smuggler in a flap
March 29, 2007 — Filed in: Conservation
A Russian woman who tried to smuggle nine rare parrots into the country was arrested after a customs officer noticed her coat moving.
City Parrots
Urban Parrot Conservation
Fine, feathered and free
March 29, 2007 — Filed in: Parrot News
What falls to the ground in Atlanta may end up in a Pueblo village in New Mexico; or floating atop a stream in Oregon; or in other places where feathers are worth more than their weight in gold.
Zoo Atlanta is participating in programs that send plumage from some of its most colorful birds to people who value them for culture or sport. Some wind up in the hands of Native Americans who use them in centuries-old ceremonies. Others are used in making fishing flies.
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