Monday, January 24, 2011 at 12:51 
"Rosie" - African Grey Parrot, Photo: Devlon Duthie
Five hundred parrots saved from illegal wildlife traders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were headed for South Africa, the World Parrot Trust (WPT) said on Monday.
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 2:41 
African Grey parrot. Image by Peter NijenhuisA team of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) officials and the Police have seized 140 African Gray parrots from Wakiso district. This brings the number of parrots seized to 272 in just a fortnight.
Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 11:40 
n a flap: The parakeet found by mayors driver Peter HuttonIt’s not every day a little parakeet is treated like a VIP.
But this colourful cutie got special mayoral treatment after being rescued from the middle of a road by the Wyre Mayor’s personal chauffeur.
Neophema pulchella - Turquoise parakeet | in Rescue Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 3:49 
Lôro quer biscoito Photo: Eduardo Pelosi
Polly want crack? Or maybe marijuana, a beer or a daily dose of cigarette smoke blown in her face?
All are familiar situations for Wendy Huntbatch, president of the World Parrot Refuge in Coombs, where, among 800 rescued birds, are at least a dozen parrots withdrawing from drugs, recovering from exposure to smoke or healing after mistreatment by drug users and dealers.
"We have birds that were used as toys by drug addicts. Watching them go through withdrawal is dreadful," Huntbatch said.
Parrots are a status symbol for many people, who have no idea how to care for a noisy, demanding, long-lived bird, Huntbatch said. "They put a parrot on their arm and they think they're a pirate," she said.
Friday, January 21, 2011 at 14:53 
African grey parrots. Image by Joachim S. MüllerDurban - An investigation into the deaths of hundreds of African Grey parrots on a flight from Johannesburg to Durban on Christmas Eve points to possible carbon monoxide poisoning, as well as the possibility that they froze to death.
