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Letters: Captive bred releases

Dear Parrots magazine,

Captive bred releases

I do thank Rosemary Low for her 'Letters' input into my article about Tiara bird and her Amazon instincts for survival. When I mentioned in one sentence that captive bred parrots have been successfully released, I was internally thinking about several. The Kakapo comes to mind, though I perhaps was amiss in writing 'Asia" when I should have said Australasia.

Also the wonderful release project for the Echo Parakeet on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, although Mauritius could arguably be considered either a part of the African continent geographically or part of Asia as it lies at the intersection of the two continental plates.

Letters: Releases of captive-bred endangered parrots

Dear Parrots magazine,

Releases of captive-bred endangered parrots

I was very interested in EB Cravens’ claim in the August issue that ‘captive breeding and release of a wealth of endangered parrots in international conservation programmes from Asia to Africa and the Caribbean’ proves that captive-bred parrots can survive in the wild.

Letters: A brief encounter

Dear Parrots magazine,

A brief encounter

After reading Eb Cravens’ account of the bird he lost and got back again after two months, I was totally fascinated to read how this bird had changed in that time and how it was able to adapt to an outside life in the wild.

Letters: Good care and fun

Dear Parrots magazine,

Good care and fun

When I went to the Think Parrots Show last year (2017), I didn’t take my Macaw, but was quite impressed with the number of birds that were here this year which were clearly well looked after. I have heard of some criticism about bringing birds to busy events where there are a lot of people and activity, but I have to say that all the birds I came across looked absolutely fine and were clearly enjoying themselves.

Letters: Ouch!

Dear Parrots magazine,

Ouch!

I have an African Grey parrot who bit his leg ring so tightly, and where he squashed it so tight we were able to cut it off, with the much appreciated advice from Mr Alan Jones, MRCVS, who used to be my vet.

Letters: Feather Facts and Feather Fiction

Dear Parrots magazine,

Feather Facts and Feather Fiction

I am in total agreement with Sally Blanchard’s comments in her article “Healthy Feathers” in April’s edition of Parrots magazine, that nutrition through a good diet has a profound effect on the quality of feathers. But some facts seem to have got muddled when it comes to diet and its effect on feather colour in parrots.

  1. Letters: Tidy is easy
  2. Letters: Hidden dangers
  3. Letters: Help needed
  4. Letters: My response

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