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African Lovebird Research Breakthrough to Further Conservation Efforts

A new roadmap to boost lovebird conservation 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 in...

June 7, 2023

Major Parakeet Rescue in Odisha: 122 Alexandrine Parakeets Saved from Illegal Trade

Fighting Wildlife Trade

Major Parakeet Rescue in Odisha: 122 Alexandrine Parakeets Saved from Illegal Trade

In a powerful effort to combat illegal wildlife trafficking, forest officers in Odisha, India, together with Earth Crusaders, have successfully rescued 122 Alexandrine Parakeet chicks in two separate confiscations from the illegal pet trade.

January 31, 2024

Africa Timneh Parrot Program

A Future For Wild Timnehs

Timneh Parrots have long been subject to high levels of trapping for the pet trade, which has led to dramatic declines in populations. They are restricted to western areas of the moist Upper Guinea forests and bordering savannas, from the...

July 30, 2014

Confiscated Grey Parrots Thriving in the Wild Three Years On

Africa Grey Parrot Program

Confiscated Grey Parrots Thriving in the Wild Three Years On

Over three years ago, 17 Grey Parrots were released on Ngamba Island, in Lake Victoria, Uganda. These parrots were the sole survivors of an original group of 108 wild Greys that were likely trapped in the Democratic Republic of the...

August 8, 2016

Focus on Angola: new efforts to tackle parrot trafficking in the Congo basin

Africa

Focus on Angola: new efforts to tackle parrot trafficking in the Congo basin

The Mayombe forest sits at the south-western margin of the Congo Basin’s tropical rainforests. Stretching from coastal Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), through the Cabinda Province of Angola, along the western zone of the Republic of Congo and up...

December 24, 2018

Congo journey: Working together to give African Greys a second chance in the DRC

Africa Grey Parrot Program

Congo journey: Working together to give African Greys a second chance in the DRC

On the 6th September 2021, 60 African Grey parrots were far from their home of the lush African forests; instead, they sat on a dusty runway in the remote town of Lodja in Sankuru province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The once wild parrots were...

October 21, 2021

Founder – Mike Reynolds

ABOUT Founder: Mike Reynolds From the left: Nick Reynolds, Audrey and Mike Reynolds, Alison and Ray Hales. More about Mike A remarkable man, a significant life Mike Reynolds, visionary and founder of the World Parrot Trust and Paradise Park in Cornwall, passed...

April 7, 2024

Keeping and Breeding Parrots

ABOUT Position Statement: Keeping and Breeding Parrots Although most people find parrots to be delightful, beautiful, and engaging animals, this doesn’t necessarily make them good candidates for sharing their lives with them. Indeed, most people lack the space, the time and the knowledge to provide...

January 25, 2024

Grey Parrot Program

ABOUT Program: Grey Parrot Program About The Grey Parrot’s (Psittacus erithacus) range extends from Ghana and southern Nigeria to southern Cameroon and most of Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its population numbers as few as 560,000. Grey Parrots are...

January 24, 2024

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