Avian Welfare Resource Center from the The Avian Welfare Coalition (AWC) is a grassroots network of representatives from avian welfare, animal protection, and humane organizations dedicated to the ethical treatment and protection of birds living in captivity and in their natural habitats. The mission of the AWC is to prevent the abuse, exploitation, and suffering of captive birds, and to address the crucial issues of rescue, placement, and sanctuary for displaced birds. The AWC also supports efforts to insure the survival of wild birds and the conservation of their natural habitats.

 

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The AWC News Center

The AWC News Center is designed to help bird advocates stay informed about significant campaigns and developments impacting birds in captivity and in the wild and to keep abreast of the AWC and its’ participating organizations in the media.

We have selected from a variety of bird news resources, blogs, and video clips to articles, newsworthy research, and thought-provoking opinions on avian topics that are making headlines around the globe.  Visit the links below:
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Pet Supply LocatorBORN FREE USA launches Pet Supply Locator - the only site on the web where you can locate compassionate pet supply stores that do not sell live animals. Details at: www.findpetshops.com

National Bird Day 2010 Soared

10000Birds.Com Helps Spread National Bird Day Message! 
by Charlie Moores, 10000Birds.Com, January 5, 2010 

Birding Guyana with Foster Parrots!
A Special Feature on 10000Birds.Com

What's Love Got to Do with It?
by Gay Bradshaw, PhD, PhD, PsychologyToday.Com

Think Outside the Cage
Animals in the News Blog, Discovery.Com, January 5, 2010

Vampires Guarding the Blood Bank
by Monica Engebretson, Born Free USA Blog, December 3, 2009

Wildlife Trafficking:  A reporter follows the lucrative, illicit and heartrending trade in stolen wild animals deep into Ecuador’s rain forest.
By Charles Bergman, Smithsonian Magazine, December 2009

Should birds be kept as pets? 
by Monica Engebretson, Born Free USA United with Animal Protection Institute
OpposingViews.Com, November 6, 2009  

Twelve parrot species petitioned to be part of Endangered Species Act, Bird Channel.Com

Endangered foreign birds to come under Fed’s wing
By Karin Halperin for ABC News, August 12, 2009

The Vet doesn’t always know best
By Monica Engebretson, Sr. Program Associate, Born Free USA, August 5, 2009

Mexico’s Parrot Trade Exposed:
Defenders of Wildlife fights to stop trafficking of wild birds

By Charles Bergman, Defenders Magazine, Spring 2009

The Parrots and People Paradox
CBS News with Katie Couric - May 6, 2009

Of Parrots and People by Mira Tweti – Book Review by 10000birds.com

Lucky the Lorikeet

Humane Education takes Flight with the Publication of Lucky!
A word about Lucky
By Author Monica Engebretson, AWC Board Member and Senior Program Director of Born Free USA United with Animal Protection Institute.

Americans Support a Parrot’s Right to Flight
National Poll highlights attitudes about birds in captivity.

Opinion: Owning birds- whose rights should we be discussing?
By Charlie Moore, 10,000 Birds.Com

AZA Press Release – Why Wild Animals Don’t Make Good Pets

Birds in Real Time!
YouTube, selected videos and DVD’s featuring AWC participating organizations.

Foster Parrots A Bird Mill Exposed – Part II
By Project Perry
A Bird Mill Exposed – Part I
By Project Perry
     
How Fragile Are We
A Slide Show of Guyana
by Foster Parrots, Ltd.
The Indonesian Parrot Project – A Video Stalking the Wild Amazons
A film by Harvard biologist Michael Schindlinger

"Squawk Box" 
Events, campaigns, press releases, action alerts, articles, and more from the AWC! 

SPECIAL EVENTS- AWC Takes Flight at 4 Conferences in 2010!

Humane Society of the U.S. EXPO 2010, May 12-15, 2010, Nashville, TN
Eileen McCarthy, CEO and President of Midwest Avian Adoption and Rescue Services and Board Member of AWC, will present “Protecting Captive Birds: Commerce, Cruelty, and Care,” on Friday, May 14. 

Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference, Jul 31-Aug 5, 2010, San Diego, CA
AWC will be exhibiting and several of our participants will be presenting papers and posters at the conference.  At AAV’s 2009 conference, AWC participants Eileen McCarthy, CEO and President of Midwest Avian Adoption and Rescue Services, and Gay Bradshaw, Ph.D, Ph.D. and Director of The Kerulos Center submitted a paper on parrot psychology/psychiatry and Monica Engebretson, Senior Program Coordinator of Born Free USA submitted 2 poster presentations.

Virginia Federation of Humane Societies Conference, Virginia Beach, VA Mar 26-27, 2010
Matt Smith, Founder, CEO of Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary will present “Caring for Exotic Birds in the Shelter,” on March 26. 

Mid-Atlantic Association of Avian Veterinarians, April 25-26, 2010, Williamsburg, VA
AWC participants Marc Johnson and Karen Windsor of Foster Parrots present on Quaker Parrots Under Siege, the Pet Trade's Role in Overpopulation of Psittacine Birds, Psittacine Bird Conservation Efforts, and Avian Sanctuary.

Empire State Animal Protection Forum (ESAPF), sponsored by the New York State Humane Association, Rensselaer, NY October 1 & 2, 2010
AWC President Denise Kelly will participate in a workshop. (check back for details)

LUCKY Goes Global! 

Lucky continues to make its mark on children’s educational literature in the U.S. We are most encouraged, however, by the growing interest from organizations outside the U.S. to use Lucky in educational programs for children who live in Indonesia, Mexico, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America—countries where birds are routinely trapped for the pet trade.  Translations for Lucky in Thailand and Vietnam as well as a planned edition in Portuguese for school program in Brazil are in the works.   In addition, 53 Lucky books were sent to the Zambian Ornithological Society in Zambia to be used in 53 Zambian schools to teach children that birds belong in the wild!  

Where’s Lucky heading next?  To find out, visit www.LuckytheLorikeet.com, and join Lucky on Facebook!
 
3 AWC Participating Avian Rescue Groups Receive Honors in 2010!

Foster Parrots Directors, Marc Johnson and Karen Windsor were recipients of the 2009 MSPCA Animal Hall of Fame “Human Hero Award” at a celebration held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential library in Boston.

ParrotsR4Ever Founder and Executive Director, Dave Spurlin, was awarded the Alabama Veterinarian Medical Association's Dewey-Heath Humanitarian Award for 2010. Dave was presented the award and inducted into their Animal Hall of Fame during their annual convention at the Birmingham Civic Center in March.

Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary's Founder Matt Smith was a recent recipient of the Virginia Animal Control Association's "President's Award."

Articles

NEW - Avian Affective Dysregulation: Psychiatric Models and Treatment for Parrots in Captivity  - By G. A. Bradshaw, PhD, PhD, Joseph P. Yenkosky, PhD, MS, and Eileen McCarthy 2009. Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians. 28th Annual Conference, Minnesota.

The Story of Lucky
Sacramento & Co. News 10, July 27, 2009

True story of captured lorikeet sparks book project - 100% of proceeds for rescue and conservation by Cherene Mastroianni, Examiner.Com, July 11, 2009

More Room for Bird Sanctuary in Louisa
NBC29.Com, WRIV-TV, May 14, 2009

Foster Parrots Interview on NPR
WRNI- Rhode Island’s Public Radio Station

News Clip! MAARS New Shelter and Lucky’s First TV Appearance
FOX Morning News, St. Paul, MN

Review of Lucky by Charlie at 10000birds.com

Humane Education Takes Flight with Publication of Lucky!
By the World Society for the Protection of Animals, March 2009 Newsletter

Foster Parrots in the News! A Look Inside Parrot Paradise
By Chris Boardman, ABC6.Com, Rhode Island

Sanctuary takes birds owners can't care for
WCCO NEWS, Minneapolis, MN

Parrot Month on 10000 Birds
Celebrating National Bird Day 2009; conservation, news, articles & interviews

10000 Birds.Com Interview with Dr. Stewart Metz of the Indonesian Parrot Project.

FEATURED BOOK - Breaking Bad Habits in Parrots
By Greg Glendell

Macaws for Alarm: a case in Virginia highlights the need for responsible avian sanctuaries-and for better standards of care for the birds caught up in the pet trade
by Carrie Allan, Animal Sheltering Magazine, Nov/Dec 08 issue

Louisan rescues exotic species
By Bryan McKenzie, The Daily Progress, May 26, 2008

Jane Goodall attends opening of bird sanctuary
By Maria Armental, The Providence Journal, May 8, 2008

Bird Watch!
News resources for bird advocates

For Parrots Only

Free Parrots.Net

Brooklyn Parrots.Com-News about Quaker Parakeets and other Naturalized Parrots

New Scientist – Parrot Reference Library

Parrot News - Living the Scientific Life (Scientist Interrupted)

Psittacine Magazine

Parrots in the Land of OZ - A PBS Special Presentation


For More on birds in the News, visit:

Audubon Society

10000 Birds.Com

Birds in the News at Science Blogs

New Scientist – Bird Reference Library

Bird Conservation International

Bird Conservation Alliance

Bird Life International

Wildlife Extra

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