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Keep current with the latest updates from our partners and colleagues in the field.
Global Partnerships to Combat Parrot Trafficking
In December, WPT’s Trade Specialist, Cristiana Senni, attended the 34th meeting of the Interpol Wildlife Crime Working Group in Lyon France. The meeting was a chance to meet colleagues face to face and forge new connections with law enforcement agencies...
Red-and-blue Lory Rescue: Over 100 Birds Saved from Trafficking in Indonesia
Recently in Indonesia, over a hundred highly endangered Red-and-blue Lories were seized from wildlife trade in Manado Harbour.
African Lovebird Research Breakthrough to Further Conservation Efforts
A new roadmap to boost lovebird conservation: We received exciting news from the African Lovebird research front: the scientific conservation review paper (Dueker et al. 2023) has now been published by the leading South African journal Ostrich, which is a major step forward...
Sharing the love: lovebird researchers and conservationists come together at PAOC15 in Vic Falls
Over the last 3 years lovebird researchers and conservationists from across Africa have been working together to review the knowledge gaps and research priorities for the conservation of the lovebirds. This project was initiated by the Parrot Researcher’s Group, and...
End Wildlife Trafficking and Animal Cruelty online
WPT has joined forces with the Alliance to Counter Crime Online and a raft of wildlife conservation and welfare groups to call for wildlife trafficking and animal cruelty to be included within the UK’s Online Safety Bill. The Online Safety...
WPT and Asia for Animals Coalition Demand Accountability for Illegal Parrot Shipment
WPT has joined partners in the Asia for Animals Coalition in writing to the governments of Sri Lanka and Suriname calling for answers as to how 330 birds were exported to Sri Lanka on a private plane from Suriname without...
