Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 13:00 Over 130 rare African parrots were seized near midnight Monday from a woman officials say was smuggling the valuable birds from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda, a frequent jumping-off point for lucrative European and Asian markets.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 9:58 
Albert King, a macaw hangs from his perch clutching the cage with one leg displaying his colorful plumage. Laney Rickman has dedicated her life to parent rearing macaws to ensure their long term survival in captivity. Photo by Frank TilleyCUERO - Laney Rickman peered into a cavernous cage where a family of Blue-throated Macaws sat swinging steadily on a perch.
Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 12:37 
A macaw fetches $30,000 on the black market in AustraliaVICTORIA'S wildlife authority has egg on its face after shutting down a bungled six-year investigation into an alleged international bird-egg smuggling syndicate operating out of the state's north.
Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 6:00 
The Director of the Ardastra Gardens, Richard Roswell, shows Shawn Kobb the new enclosure that is expected to be completed by the end of January.Bahamas -- Nassau’s Ardastra Gardens Zoo and Conservation Center is the recipient of a $1,500 grant from the J. Kirby Simon Foreign Service Trust to build a new enclosure for the endangered Bahama Parrots. Shawn Kobb, a dedicated American volunteer who is also an officer at the U.S. Embassy, applied for the grant to help protect the colorful birds that once lived in abundant numbers in the trees on two Bahamas islands. The construction for the new enclosure for the Bahama Parrots is expected to be completed by the end of January 2011.
Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 11:39 THESE parrots should be more used to the tropical climates of South America than East Yorkshire.
But the winter freeze across the region appears to be doing them no harm.
An orange-winged Amazon parrot nestling in St Mary Church in Cottingham. Picture: William Braquemard.
The Orange-winged Amazons – more often seen in Colombia than Cottingham – set up home in the East Riding village some years ago.
