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Gulf times by Fran Gillespie

Brilliantly coloured Birds of Paradise fly from tree to tree in a vast aviary, their iridescent plumage glittering in the sunlight.Below them, pink flamingoes and white spoonbills stalk the shallow waters of a pool, and the silence is broken by the harsh cries of Red-tailed cockatoos. All this under one roof? Yes, said Richard Switzer, the bird curator of the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation near Shahaniya, in his presentation to members of the Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) last Wednesday. Read on…

By Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat

Five hundred African grey parrots, valued at about R3,5-million, have been confiscated in Cameroon.

Ofir Drori, from the Last Great Ape Organisation (Laga), an organisation designed to establish the effective enforcement of wildlife law in Cameroon - said a dealer had been arrested at the airport. Read on…

Reuters

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines said on Thursday it was not aware of a Cameroonian conservation group’s allegation that the state-run airline was involved in illegal wildlife smuggling. Read on…

By Tansa Musa

Yaounde (Reuters) - A wildlife conservation group in Cameroon said on Wednesday it was considering suing Ethiopian Airlines for complicity after it caught smugglers trying to take 1,000 African Grey parrots out of the central African country. Read on…

United Press International

Warsaw, Poland, (UPI) — Polish police found a 38-year-old Armenian man trying to illegally enter the country by hiding in a woman’s luggage. Read on…

The Department of Conservation

This month the sound of booming male kakapo will herald the start of the breeding season on Codfish Island / Whenua Hou, an island sanctuary located 3km off the coast of Stewart Island.

The Department of Conservation is preparing to trial artificial insemination this kakapo breeding season in a bid to help boost numbers and increase genetic diversity within the small population. Read on…

New Zealand Herald

Usually it’s the aircraft at Auckland International Airport which carry the passengers. South African Pillipus Fourie had passengers of his own. Read on…

The Orange County Register

San Juan Capistrano – Omar and Carolyn Gonzalez may have dedicated their lives to teaching others about rare and exotic birds, but a recent trip to Brazil provided the two with an education of their own. Read on…

by Nick Tattersall

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Authorities in Cameroon have arrested two Ghanaians for trying to illegally export 500 African Grey parrots out of the central African country to Bahrain, officials said on Tuesday. Read on…

By Eric berger - Houston Chronicle

Parrots around the world are dying.

Predators chomp them up at alarming rates. Human development has consumed their forest habitats. And, most alarmingly, says Texas A&M University parrot specialist Don Brightsmith, demand from bird collectors has created a thriving market in wild-caught birds. Read on…