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25 July 2012 - The World Parrot Trust, the leading organization campaigning for the protection and welfare of wild and captive parrots, has called on the world’s wildlife trade body to suspend the trade in endangered parrots from two African countries.
The Trust's call is backed with a petition signed by over 41,000 people from 130 countries.
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Left: Shipment of greys seized from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Right: Newly released Greys in the wild.
James Gilardi, Ph.D. Executive Director World Parrot Trust Davis, California, USA [email protected] office +1-530-756-6340 mobile +1-530-574-0585 Cristiana Senni Trade Specialist World Parrot Trust Rome, Italy [email protected] Mobile: (+39) 333-279-4047 (Italy)