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Playa del Rey woman is a strong voice for planned parroting

October 02, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News

Mira Tweti's lorikeet Zazu

Mira Tweti’s lorikeet is living the good life - ocean view, personal chef. Still, the owner advocates leaving such birds in the wild.

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Source: Los Angeles Times By Carla Hall

Polly gotta ticket! Parrot in car gets parking ticket

September 05, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News

parrot gets ticket

A PARROT was left speechless when a traffic warden gave him a parking ticket on a busy Liverpool street.

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Source: by Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo

New Zealand parrots wreak havoc at bird sanctuary

September 05, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News

kaka by giles.breton

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A gang of unruly teenage bush parrots have wrought havoc at a bird sanctuary in New Zealand by using their powerful beaks to destroy nesting boxes.

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Source: The Associated Press

Slippery conduits foil wire-chewing cockatoos

September 03, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News

gang gang cockatoo having a taste of power by pierre pouliquin

FLEXICON says it has supplied Telstra with ‘cockatoo-proof’ flexible conduit for protecting cables in the Australian outback from attacks by the wildlife.

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Source: Factory Maintenanc

Lethal parrot disease may be caused by horse virus

August 11, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation Parrot News

Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) loro parque Tenerife

A devastating parrot disease that has pushed one species to the brink of extinction might be spread by a newly-discovered virus.

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Source: Ewen Callaway - NewScientist.com news service

Humans Can Eventually Become Good At Identifying Individual Parrots From A Flock

August 11, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News

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The bird enthusiast who chronicled the adventures of a flock of red-headed conures in his book “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” knows most of the parrots by name, yet most of us would be hard pressed to tell one bird from another. While it has been known for a long time that we can become acutely attuned to our day-to-day environment, the underlying neural mechanism has been less clear.

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Source: Gina Kirchweger - Salk Institute

Farmer takes government to court for parrot destruction

August 07, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation Parrot News

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A Marigot farmer has begun legal proceedings against the Roosevelt Skerrit Government for damaged caused to his orange plantation by parrots.

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Source: Dominica news online

Callous thieves steal kids’ parrots

June 27, 2008 — Filed in: Parrot News

Interchange Respite Care inc house manager Di Hughes (left) and volunteer Nat Henssler pictured throught the broken wire from the centres aviary where thirty parrots went missing on Tuesday night. Jacklyn Wagner

A COMPLETELY senseless act has left a group of children with disabilities without their pet parrots.

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Source: Lismore Northern Star - by Tonia Moorton

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Our Mission

Our mission in parrot conservation is best summarized in these two articles:

Objectives of City Parrots:

  • Enjoy free-ranging parrots
  • Investigate potential uses of free-ranging parrots for conservation
  • Educating the public on the plight for parrots

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