Why City Parrots can help with parrot conservation

Red-fronted conures checking out the local Gazette, Miami Springs, FLCity slickers

Have you spotted them in your area already? Chances are you are closer to a wild parrot than you might have imagined. In the USA and Europe, many major cities have one or two species of parrot living and breeding within their city limits. 10 European capitals, for example, hold psittacine populations.

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Activists rescue parrots from illegal traders

These Ring-necked and Alexandrine parakeets are the result of illigal trade. Image by Jeannette GonzalezAHMEDABAD: They are born free but have fallen victims to human greed and fancies. Hundreds of tiny winged creatures are illegally sold at Sunday Market near Ellis bridge.

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Warm welcome for frosty flying friend

Male Ring-necked parakeetFor one family the icy cold snap has brought a special feathered visitor seeking a homely refuge from the big freeze to their back garden. Housewife Mandy Wright (42) and her family have been looking after a ring-necked parakeet since New Year's Day after the beautiful bird first flew into the garden of their home in Wisteria Road, Yaxley, near Peterborough.

The parakeet - which is the only parrot that in the wild in the UK - was first spotted by Mandy's nine-year-old son Lewis, who saw it from his bedroom window.

Since then, Polly - as she has been named by Lewis and Mandy's three-year-old daughter Ruby - has been a regular feature in their garden, appearing everyday for a morning meal of apples and bird feed.

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No open season on shooting parakeets, says RSPB

Under threat: But land owners face prosecution if they shoot parakeets without good reason Changes to wildlife law do not mean it is an open season on parakeets and anyone shooting them without a good reason faces prosecution, a bird charity has warned.

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Parakeets cull is racist, say wildlife experts

Ring-necked parakeetParakeets are 'as British as curry' and shooting them would be racist, according to wildlife experts who are fighting a decision to allow the exotic birds to be culled.

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