Birds: All the news fit to squawk about!
The AWC News Center
Read about important avian welfare issues and campaigns and the organizations working to raise awareness about the plight of captive birds! This section is designed to help bird advocates stay informed about significant developments and issues that are impacting birds in captivity and in the wild.
For helpful avian news resources, to keep abreast of the AWC and its’ participating organizations in the media, and to read interesting articles on a variety of avian topics that are making headlines around the globe, visit the links below:
AWC Hot Topics!
IMPORTANT UPDATE: PETsMART Suspends Birds Sales Until Spring
Keep Pressure on PETsMART to Permanent End Bird and Live Animal Sales
By Born Free USA United with Animal Protection Institute – February 14, 2008
PetSmart Cruelty Exposed: A PETA Investigation
Take Action! End All Animal Sales at PetSmart
Avian Rescue Organizations: What you need to know!
By the Avian Welfare Coalition
AWC in the News!
Recent articles and press coverage about the AWC.
NEW- Giving feathered friends a lift
By Amy Sacks, The New York Daily News, January 12, 2008
The AWC Takes Flight at HSUS EXPO 2007!
Bird Auction Has Welfare Proponents in a Flap
By Kelli Ohrtman, Best Friends Network, March 28, 2007
Mayor's Alliance Efforts Spotlight Education Around National Bird Day
by Denise Kelly, President, The Avian Welfare Coalition
Out of the Cage, The E-newsletter of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Holiday 2006
A Breed Apart
AWC Seeks Improved Care for Exotic Birds in Shelters
Out of the Cage, the E-newsletter of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals
AWC Shelter Outreach
By International Friends, Best Friends Animal Society
“Squawk Box”
The AWC and its participating organizations in the media.
Events, campaigns, press releases, action alerts, articles, and more.
NEW - Behavioural Problems in Companion Parrots
By Greg Glendell, Veterinary Times (UK), February 18, 22008
Humane Education Events Highlight National Bird Day Message!
Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers (HEART) in New York City and Project Perry, Inc. in Salem, Virginia
Building Artificial Nests to save Monk Parakeets
By Dwight G. Smith & Marc Johnson, Friends of Animals, Winter 2007-08
For the Birds: Celebrating Adopt a Rescue Bird Month…with awareness
Charlene Arsenault, Best Friends Network
Hopkinton Haven Offers Parrots a Perch
By Maria Armental, The Providence Journal, August 27, 2007
Midwest Avian & Adoption Rescue Services (MAARS) to facilitate groundbreaking in-store adoption program
New Shelter Book: It’s for the Birds
By Carrie Allen, Animal Sheltering Magazine, Mar/Apr 07 Issue
Parrot Therapy
By Mira Tweti, Parrot Chronicles.Com, 2007
The Indonesian Parrot Project-A Video
A Bird Mill Exposed -Part II
By Project Perry, Inc.
A Bird Mill Exposed - Part 1
by Project Perry, Inc.
Indonesia's Parrot Rescue Centre: Rehabilitating the Caged Bird
AWC’s Shelter Outreach Program
Assisting Shelter and Animal Control Organizations in Serving the Needs of Captive Exotic Birds
The Indonesian Parrot Project: Problems and Solutions
By Dr. Stewart Metz, Director of the Indonesian Parrot Project, Parrots, Dec 2006
The welfare and suitability of parrots as companion animals: a review
by Monica Engebretson, The Animal Protection Institute
The Journal of Animal Welfare, published by Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
Not doing enough for your parrot? Get creative!
by Karen Windsor, Foster Parrots, Ltd., PsittaScene, Vol. 18, No 4, November 2006
For Immediate Release: First-ever Release of Endangered Salmon-Crested Cockatoos Back into the Wild Following Their Confiscation from Smugglers
By Project Bird Watch/The Indonesian Parrot Project, April 7, 2006
Bird Watch
News for birds advocates from around the globe.
NEW - Wild Parrot Colonies
by Earth Talk, Mar 22, 2008
NEW - A Delightful, Awful Marriage to a Pet Parrot
By Julie Zickefoose, a National Public Radio Broadcast
NEW - What a little bird told us: In the extinction of the Carolina parakeet is a parable on the relationship of man and nature.
by Jonathan Rosen, Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2008
NEW- Parrots in the Land of OZ
A PBS Special Presentation
NEW– A Special Report by New Scientist: Endangered Species
NEW- Cholera killed bird found in Richardson bay
By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, February 15, 2008
NEW- Cutting edge technology used to film endangered birds in NZ
Press Release: Elwin Productions, February 8, 2008
NEW- Petition Secretary of the Interior to Stop Caged Bird Trade
by Friends of Animals, January 29, 2008
New York Bird Club requests declaration of National Pigeon Day
PR Web, January 29, 2008
The HSUS Urges EPA to Require Significant Protective Measures for Common Bird Poison
by the Humane Society of the U.S., January 28, 2008
New State Law on pet shops imposes stricter standards of care
by Stephanie Hoops, Ventura County Star, January 27, 2008
Guyanese man fined for bird smuggling
by Trevor Burnett, Trinidad Express, January 23, 2008
Belarus border guards foil parrot smuggler
by Reuters UK, January 23, 2008
Urge PETsMART to Stop Selling Birds
By the Animal Protection Institute, January 10, 2008
Parrots get new roost
By Howard Buck, The Columbian, January 13, 2008
African Grey Parrots Regain Their Freedom
By Born Free USA United with The Animal Protection Institute
Captive Wildlife Platform
By Animals & Society Institute
Captive Wildlife Position Paper
By Animals & Society Institute
Critically Endangered Yellow-eared Parakeet in major breeding success
by Wildlife Extra.Com
Couple turns home into parrot shelter
By Peter Kaduskin, New York Daily New, January 8, 2008
Parakeet breeding program disaster
By Greg Roberts, the Australian, January 11, 2008
Group faults airline over parrot smuggling
By Tansa Musa, Reuters Africa, December 6, 2007
Science closes in on how birds manage to fly south
By Jeremy Manier, Tribune staff reporter, Chicago Tribune, November 25, 2007
Political neglect will lead to parrot’s swift demise
By Don Henry, The Canberra Times, November 19, 2007
Seven hospitalized in parrot disease scare
By DutchNews.nl, November 16, 2007
Parrot eggs seized at airport
Press release by the New Zealand Ministry of Customs
November 9, 2007
New Zealand fines South African man for smuggling in 44 parrot eggs
by The Associated Press.
Published: November 8, 2007
Living In A Bird House
By Kelli Ohrtman, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, October 25, 2007
Peek into parrot life
By Phil Hammond, The Courier Mail, October 12, 2007
Bye-bye birdies: 45 species feeling the heat
by John Elder, with Lucinda Ormonde, The Age, September 30, 2007
In Memory of Alex: A Reflection
By Sharon St. Joan, Best Friends Network, September 15, 2007
Three deadly bird viruses now in Australia, scientists say
Rosslyn Beeby, The Canberra Times, September 8, 2007
2nd Circuit Upholds Conviction in Rare Bird Import Case
by Mark Hamblett, New York Law Journal, August 28, 2007
Smuggled parrots sent home: endangered birds returned to Mexico
By Anna Cearley, San Diego Union-Tribune, August 23, 2007
100+ Smuggled Parrots Returned to Mexico Today
by NBC San Diego.Com, August 22, 2007
Boatswain's Beach saves injured female Cayman Parrot
Cayman Net News.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Woman’s death investigated for ties to pet’s disease
By Greg Kocher, Lexington Herald Leader, August 1, 2007
Polly wants a home
That talking parrot may seem like a good idea at the store, but these high-maintenance pets are increasingly being abandoned.
By Cinda Chavich, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), July 31, 2007
Brazilian blue parrot makes a comeback: Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters), Jul 18, 2007
Astonishing Photos of Birds of Paradise
National Geographic, July 07 Photo Feature
Agents squawk about parrot smuggling
by The Arizona Republic, July 10, 2007
Perija Parakeet
Aldermen consider additional changes to animal control ordinance
Initial revisions go into effect July 1
by Mark Johnson, KC Community News, June 28, 2007
The Illegal Parrot Trade in Mexico: A comprehensive assessment
by Juan Carlos Cantú Guzmán, Director of Programs, Defenders México Office, and María Elena Sánchez Saldaña, President, Teyeliz, A.C., in collaboration with: Manuel Grosselet, Ornithologist, and Jesús Silva Gamez, Veterinarian
Chlamydophila psittaci transmission from pet birds to humans.
Vanrompay D, Harkinezhad T, van de Walle M, Beeckman D, van Droogenbroeck C, Verminnen K, et al. Available at the Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Emerg Infect Disease Volume 13, Number 7-July 2007 Available from http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/13/7/1108.htm
Bird smugglers arrested by NBI
by Rhodamae M. Hernandez and Stella A. Estremera, Sunstar.Com, July 10, 2007
Rare parrot is back ... on desal site
by Rick Wallace, The Australian, June 29, 2007
Exotic Birds Sell as “Livestock” in Loxahatchee
By Pamela Benbow, Best Friends Network, June 10, 2007
May ban caged birds
Norway's Food Safety Authority new regulations due out this autumn may put
an end to the keeping of exotic birds. Aftenposten, Norway, June 13, 2007
BIODIVERSITY:
Wild Parrots Tame the Concrete Jungle
by Enrique Gili, Inter Press Service (IPS)
Illegal wild bird trade found thriving in Nicaragua
BirdLife International,
April 24, 2007
A good home environment boosts birds' morale*
by Rowan Hooper, NewScientist.com News Service, April 28, 2007
From issue 2601 of New Scientist magazine, 28 April 2007, page 15
Endangered birds on offer in Nicaragua
By Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, Managua, March 27, 2007
A Parrot Flies in Brooklyn
Weekend America, American Public Media, March 17, 2007
Mexico turns blind eye to endangered species sales
Reuters, March 1, 2007
Bad news for one night parrot, good for species
by Greg Roberts, The Australian, February 16, 2007
Breaking PETA Investigation Reveals Horrors at PetsSmart
Rare parrot draws in celebrities at ecotourism centre launch
Bird Life International, January 31, 2007
The scandal of wild bird importation
Tenerife News, January 20, 2007
The Loro Parque Foundation Comments
Tenerife News, January 20, 2007
Man who contracted rare disease from parrot wins £700,000 in damages
By Paul Stokes, Telegraph.Co.UK, January 11, 2007
It’s time to stop winging it: a campaign to permanently ban wild bird imports
By the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA)
Special Report - It’s time to stop winging it
By the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA)
For More on Parrots in the News, visit:
Psittacine Magazine
Bird Conservation International
Bird Conservation Alliance
Free Parrots.Net
Bird Life International
Best Friends Animal Society – Parrot News
Google News-Endangered Parrots
Keep up to date on the latest information about the plight of endangered parrots
Google News-Illegal Parrot Trade
Information about the Illegal Trade in Parrots
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