Providing life-changing care and environment for special needs avian species in Minnesota.
Tomorrow is World Parrot Day, a chance to learn about parrot species and how to help them. Parrots are among the world’s most intelligent animals: some use tools and can perform cognitive tasks comparable to those of 5-year-old children. Although species vary in appearance, they face shared threats like habitat loss, disease, invasive species, and climate change. The greatest danger, however, is poaching: capturing wild parrots for the pet trade is lucrative, and illegal wildlife trafficking ranks as the world’s fourth-largest black market. Their popularity as pets has pushed nearly one in three parrot species to be globally threatened, according to the World Parrot Trust. Captured birds suffer brutal conditions—glue traps, crammed crates, even tubes and luggage for transport. Global groups working to stop the trade include the World Parrot Trust, BirdLife International, the IUCN Wild Parrot Specialist Group, One Earth Conservation, and the International Alliance for the Protection of Parrots.
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Did you know that Parrots have special feet? By having two toes pointing backward and two toes pointing forward or zygodactyl, they have a unique advantage, allowing them to have a strong grip and excellent climbing capabilities.
World Parrot Day is coming up on May 31. If you want to learn more about parrots, why not check out the World Parrot Trust's website at www.parrots.org
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Goffin’s cockatoos belong in the forest, and not in living rooms.
Flight. Choice. Flock.
That’s what they evolved for.
Conservation means protecting their habitat, reducing demand, and keeping them where they belong… wild.
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