October 14, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
PATNA: People are often caught in red tape. On Monday, it was the turn of parrots, many of whom died due to hunger and thirst as policemen took their own time in releasing a seized cage full of them to forest officials.
Source: The Times of India
October 12, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Kea around Treble Cone skifield, near Wanaka, have been the subject of a recent Department of Conservation study into the habits of the inquisitive and endangered native alpine parrot.
October 12, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Endangered Rimatara Lorikeets Vini kuhlii which were reintroduced to Atiu in the Cook Islands, using money raised by the British Birdwatching Fair, have begun to breed. The people of Atiu have played a part in monitoring and protecting the birds – known locally as Kura - and the hereditary chiefs of the Cook Islands have taken the lead in celebrating the success of the reintroduction.
Source: BirdLife International
October 02, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
A new permanent ban on parrot sales in Mexico may protect the country’s exotic birds from a thriving illegal wildlife trade, conservationists say.
September 29, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has sidestepped pleas to halt plans to log southern Tasmania’s forests which would threaten the survival of one of Australia’s rarest parrots.
September 25, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
High country farmers are being urged not to break the law to stop a protected bird preying on their livestock.
September 24, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
A Wimmera shire is hoping to be able to give farmers the chance to remove buloke trees from their properties, without denying an endangered bird its habitat.
Source: ABC News
September 12, 2008 — Filed in: News from City Parrots Feral, Naturalized and City Parrots Conservation
Although I have never seen much fact in the many accusations that have been made towards introduced city parrots, as a conservation biologist I do prefer threatened parrots to populate cities in their native ranges, where they are most appropriate. Today, trough our flickr pool, we discovered just such a threatened parrot: Sun Conures (Aratinga solstitialis) are colonizing the city of Boa vista in the state of Roraima, Brazil which is located in the conures natural range.
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