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Submitted by the US Embassy Nassau
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.