Cameroon: 17 wildlife traffickers sentenced

Seized Grey Parrots. Image by LauraA court in Yokadouma, East Region of Cameroon has handed out fines and damages amounting to FCFA 77,169,060 (US $ 160,000) and prison terms as high as 30 months severally on 17 poachers. The ruling unprecedented in the history of poaching cases in the Southeast of Cameroon, especially as it comes barely months after the same court sentenced four traffickers of 44 ivory tusks to a mild 30-day jail term.

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Cross-border frequent flyers to get a leg-up

Endangered … eastern regent parrots ''commute'' between mallee vegetation, where they feed, and red gums, where they breed. Photo: Chris Field THREATENED parrots that are extremely particular about the real estate they call home have had a recovery program approved for them, as three states combine with the federal government to stall their sliding numbers.

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Sanctuary provides home for unwanted, orphaned exotic birds

Ryan Trevithick holds a pair of cockatoos that have adjusted to their life at the sanctuary. Some of these exotic birds can live as long as 60 to 80 years. WALTER HINICK/Montana Standard BUTTE — A scream emanating from a second floor window on West Broadway Street one afternoon stunned a passer-by.

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Parrots' nests cleared from power sources

Quaker parrots in flight at Overpeck Park in Leonia. Image WAYNE NORRISLEONIA — It was hard to miss the tangled mass of twigs engulfing a transformer high atop a utility pole in Overpeck County Park on Fort Lee Road.

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Cook Islands: Return of the natives

A kura or rimatara lorikeet sits on a banana flower in its new home of Atiu in the Cook islands. Photo / Peter OdekerkenJim Eagles heads into the bush with the birdman of Atiu to see some of the Cook Islands' avian success stories.

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