Pressure mounts to stop further parakeet shootings on public land in Borehamwood

Town Councillor Clive Butchins, Hertsmere Cllr Sandra Parnell and Pat Strack with campaigners Christine Brock and Simon Richardson and Cllr Richard Butler Pressure is mounting on Hertsmere Borough Council to rescind the permission it gave for the shooting of rare parakeets on public land.

The council consented to the Government’s environmental body (Defra) using live ammunition in Borehamwood earlier this year.

Defra, which claims South American monk parakeets pose a risk to electrical infrastructure and agriculture, used a shotgun to shoot two birds in Allum Lane Spinney and Parkfields in June.

Labour Councillor Richard Butler (Kenilworth) has written to Leader of the Council Morris Bright (Con/Elstree).

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Council gives permission for parakeet shooting in Elstree & Borehamwood

Ferran PestañaRare parakeets have been shot on publically owned land with the permission of Hertsmere Borough Council, it has been revealed.

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Bird rescued from car grill given new home

Coral Springs, Fla. (CNN) -- The parakeet that went on a wild ride in the grill of a car is now getting a new home. The little guy, named Petey, was adopted by a bird lover in Florida. The parakeet will now have several new feathered friends at his new house.

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Have you seen the Connecticut parrots?

Monk parakeets move in on the shoreline

Photo by John Vanacore A member of the monk parakeet colony at Hammonasset State Park is shown here. Monks started moving into shoreline towns in the 1970s and have been flourishing ever since.

Someone's pet got loose. That's what you might have thought the first time you were close to the Sound and caught a glimpse of brilliant green flitting through the trees or across the road-someone's pet parrot got loose and, if it's not found soon, it'll never last the winter.

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New NH law for the birds

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On Saturday, the state’s most notorious illegal pet bird species, the Quaker parrot, also called the monk parakeet, became legal.

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