Parrots seized from poachers to return to the wild

baby Hispaniola ParrotSanto Domingo.- Environment Ministry inspectors have seized more than 40 parrots in the last few weeks, which will be returned to the wild in the next days, after being confiscated from people trying to sell them.

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As Hispaniola parrots’ mating season begins, so do perils

Hispaniolan Parrot (amazona ventralis) Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic. Photo: Mario Davalos

SANTO DOMINGO.- The mating season of the Hispaniola parrots begins and they again face the same perils: poachers will sack hundreds of nests for the pets market, and many people will buy their chicks, heightening the bird’s endangered species status.

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