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icWales by Ben Glaze

Illigal traders could be behind a scam in which bird lovers are duped into buying fake parrots that die days later. Read on…

Birders are observing orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica) in Cottingham, East Yorkshire. Read on…

Wildlife Extra

March 2008. The first private protected area for the critically endangered Fuertes’s Parrot has been established by Fundación ProAves. The species, whose population size is estimated at just 160 individuals, lives only in a small area in the Andes of Colombia that is heavily impacted by deforestation. Read on…

Wildlife Extra

February 2008. The breeding season of the kakapo, New Zealand’s most endangered bird, is off to a great start with at least two fertile eggs having already been laid on Codfish Island and two female birds, previously thought to be too young, also laying eggs. Read on…

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Manchester Evening News by Deborah Haile

He nibbled it, he tossed it aside, he hung from the top of his cage and looked at it, and then… he ate it. Read on…

Los Angeles Times By Jonathan Rosen

In the extinction of the Carolina parakeet is a parable on the relationship of man and nature. Read on…

Scotsman By Marc Horne

PROZAC was certainly was not on Dr Doolittle’s list of remedies. But increasing numbers of pets are being given anti-depressants to help them cope with the strain of 21st century life, not least the tendency for many hard-working owners to leave animals on their own for hours.
Morose Macaws and stressed Spaniels are being prescribed mood-enhancing drugs to contain their distressed and anxious behaviour. Read on…