Tropical island problem: Too many parrots

The Ring-neck parakeet population on the Seychelles island of Mahe will be destroyed. LE JARDIN DU ROI, Seychelles (AP) - The green parrots that live on the tropical paradise of Seychelles fly into the bamboo stalks next to Micheleine Georges' 150-year-old farmhouse at dusk. The birds are small and cute. They are also marked for death.

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100 Black parrots ringed

Praslin Black parrot nestling with newly fitted leg bandResearchers studying the Black parrot reached a significant milestone in their work to learn more about the national bird when they attached leg rings to the one-hundredth Black parrot last week.

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