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NIZAMABAD: What is the nutrition for parrots in this modern age? This has been haunting the agricultural department for the past few years.
It is generally believed that parrots depend on fruits alone for their nourishment. Of late, researchers in agricultural department have found that these species have changed their eating habits and became a menace to the farmers’ produce. Read on…
TWO men who shot and hid the bodies of dozens of rare parrots have been sacked by the company-owned orchards that employed and armed them.
In one of the worst killings of a threatened bird species ever detected in Victoria, 40 protected Regent parrots were shot near a large almond farm outside Robinvale, 470 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.
Only about 2400 Regent parrots survive in the wild, with half that number in Victoria.
Neil McManus, 46, of Swan Hill, and Joseph Borg, 40, of Robinvale, were employed by Australia’s biggest almond grower Select Harvests and its subsidiary, Kyndalyn Park, when they shot the birds. Read on…
Kazakh police urged animal rights groups to help them take care of thousands parrots and turtles seized from a smuggler. Read on…
During the Parrot International Symposium Rosemary Low showed us this remarkable video of a an Australian couple, David and Deidre Patterson, who are working hard to save two distinct subspecies of black cockatoos from going extinct. In the video they tell about the importance of the area next to their property, Helms block, for the black cockatoos, which is a key area for food and nesting sites and its survival is imperative for the release of the cockatoos that they rehabilitate. We were alarmed to learn that the moratorium on logging this area made in 2001 has been overturned. Read on…
Havana, Cuban experts report the UN is currently carrying out a conservation project for the Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops), an endemic bird in danger of extinction. Read on…
ALMATY - Dozens of parrots seized from a smuggler by Kazakh police died of hunger and thirst before they could be handed over to a zoo, Kazakh media said on Wednesday. Read on…
Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation
The Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation (AWWP) is proud to announce the hatching of three Spix’s Macaws in late April. This breeding success has increased AWWP’s Spix’s Macaw population to 50 individuals; now comprising of 20 males, 27 females and the 3 juveniles whose sex is yet to be determined. Read on…
In its eight year history, the Indonesian Parrot Project/ Project Bird Watch has never had a formal Appeal to raise funds, until now. We have prided ourselves that (as an all-volunteer, non-profit charitable organization) we have been able to fund our effort through a combination of external grants, outside donations from persons like yourself, and continuous support by members of the Board of Directors. The latter has made it possible to assure you that literally 100% of your contribution goes directly to programs to conserve Indonesian parrots. Read on…
PHOENIX - University of Georgia scientists are finalizing development of a new vaccine that could effectively eliminate in companion bird populations a debilitating and often fatal viral disease called psittacine beak and feather disease.
The virus has decimated some free-ranging populations of cockatoos and has historically been a problem for companion-bird lovers from around the globe. The virus is not contagious to humans or other pets. Read on…
It is hardly surprising we were a bit tense at the prospect of meeting one of only 86 kakapo left in the world.
But, despite his importance, Sirocco, who gave an audience in a special enclosure, attended by his minder Jo, was a very down-to-earth bird.
We’d read of the opportunity to get close to a kakapo in the Let’s Go NZ column of Herald Travel and it seemed too good an opportunity to miss.
We travelled to the southernmost part of the country, first to Stewart Island, then to Ulva Island, where Sirocco was residing temporarily.
Darkness had fallen swiftly during our 20-minute walk from the small wharf at Ulva Island where our sturdy boat had landed us.
After a routine quarantine check to make sure we weren’t carrying rats, mice or seeds to this predator-free, open bird sanctuary, we were given torches and a briefing to prepare us for our meeting with the famous bird. Read on…
