The incident unfolded at around 10:30 a.m. at Omar’s Exotic Birds, located at 23507 El Toro Road, when a man is seen on video holding the store’s prized possession, a Congo African grey parrot ...
AWI opposes this application and finds that it is driven by a single motive—commercial profit. In 2016, in response to increasing threats to the African grey parrot from the international pet trade ...
The African grey parrot is endangered and it is illegal to sell them Row after row of thin barred cages hold brilliantly coloured birds whose screeches fill the air with a deafening noise.
Imagine having a bird as a pet that goes missing for years, and when it finally returns home, it speaks a new language. That’s precisely the story of an African parrot with a British accent.
The hub of the trade is South Africa, which exports more African grays than any other country. Historically most orders came from the United States and Europe, but fear of bird flu and laws ...
GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Thick-billed parrots, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha, are an enigma. Despite their ecological and cultural importance, especially to ...
the parrot’s owner, Meagan, was babysitting two-year-old Hannah Kuusk when she left the child unsupervised to go to the bathroom. It was then that Hannah started choking on a pop tart, unbeknownst to ...
The Congo rainforest covers the very heart of Africa. From the crowded, competitive centre of the forest to the open edge of the Atlantic ocean, this is all about carving out space in a crowded world.
A "depressed" parrot that refused to talk when its owner died has started swearing after finding a new home, the RSPCA said. Jesse, an African grey parrot, was taken to Ashley Heath Animal Centre ...
The culprit? A flock of burrowing parrots that has overrun two rural towns in Argentina’s Buenos Aires province as the birds’ habitat has shrunk over the years and human settlements have grown.
Parrot fish are available whole, gutted and frozen. They are available year round. Many reef-dwelling species are considered to be over-exploited. If you have concerns ask your fishmonger. Most ...
a key step in efforts to contain an outbreak that has spread from its epicentre in the Democratic Republic of Congo to numerous other African nations this year. Officials held a ceremony to mark ...