Useful Links
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Parrot Clubs, Societies & Associations
African Lovebird Society
African Parrot Society
Amazona Society
American Cockatiel Society
American Federation of Aviculture
Avian Protection Society
Avicultural Advancement Council of Canada
BC Exotic Bird Society of Canada (Langley BC)
British Columbia Avicultural Society
Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society
Central Island Bird Club
Durham Avicultural Society of Ontario
Edmonton Pet Parrot Association
Indonesian Parrot Project
International Aviculturists Society
Le Club National des Oiseaux Exotiques in France
National Cockatiel Society
Ontario Parrot Owners Association
Ottawa Humane Society
Parrot Association of Canada
Parrot Club of Manitoba
Parrot Society of Australia
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council of Canada
UK Parrot Society
Un forum pour les passionnés de perroquet
Vancouver Island Cage Bird Society (Victoria BC)
Western Canada Budgerigar Association
York Region Parrot Club
Behavior
The Gabriel Foundation - Dr. Friedman Articles
Dr. Friedman's Recommended Reading List
Parrot Sites
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Discussion Groups and Forums
The FreeFlight discussion list on Yahoo
The Featherpicking discussion list on Yahoo
The African Grey Community Forum
Sites related to feather abuse:
The Holistic Bird web site - look for Gloria Scholbe’s birdie bread recipe
Featherpicking.com for general info on feather abuse
More than you wanted to know about Giardia
Birdsafe for info on Giardia detection and treatments
Sites related to Nutrition:
Article on the preservative Ethoxyquin
Avian Protection
A link to The Avian Protection Society's webpage on using birds as raffle prizes.http://www.avianprotectors.homestead.com/Raffles.html
Canadian Federation of Humane Societies CFHS believes that the acquisition of an animal should be a deliberate and conscious decision to influence the future well-being of the animal. CFHS is therefore opposed to the awarding of any live animal as a prize or unsolicited present.
Animal Control By-law Watch
On October 9 2002 Ottawa City Council accepted & approved the Emergency and Protective Services Committee Report 26 which recommended:WHEREAS psittacines (parrots, cockatoos, macaws, etc.) are commonly kept as companion birds;
AND WHEREAS the first bullet in Appendix A would in fact preclude the keeping of certain species of psittacines which are on the CITES list;
AND WHEREAS the keeping of these types of birds is reasonable and their acquisition controlled through CITES;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Appendix A be amended to provide an exception for species of the Order Psittaciformes;
AND THAT staff review item 1 of Appendix A to provide for appropriate exceptions for other birds as identified by the Aviculture Advancement Council of Canada and other bird breeding organizations, and to review these species in the context of animals/birds in entertainment as necessary.
Which means that all of our points have been recognised! Congratulations and many, many thanks to all those who made this possible through the letter-writing campaign and presentations to committee on Sept 23rd 2002. - Mike Anderson
Kitchener Passes anti-pet by-law.
Proventricular Dilitation Disease (PDD)
Stop PDD CanadaInternational Aviculturalists Society PDD page
Birds n Ways PDD Info Page
StopPDD 2004