Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 15:44 
Scarlet Macaw together with a Military macaw. Image by Sandy/Chuck HarrisA PET shop owner has been fined n4,000 at Portlaoise District Court for having an unlicensed parrot and a tube of glue trap.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 8:00 This is one of just 400 Military Macaws left in the wild in Mexico.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 18:31 
A newly announced ban on all parrot sales in Mexico may keep the country's rare exotic birds (above, military macaws in Sierra de Tamaulipas, Mexico) from dying during clandestine smuggling operations, conservationists say. Photograph by George Grall/NGS
A new permanent ban on parrot sales in Mexico may protect the country's exotic birds from a thriving illegal wildlife trade, conservationists say.