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International Bird Rescue Research Center
It's primary goals were developing oiled wildlife cleaning and rehabilitation techniques, promoting ongoing research in this field and providing oiled wildlife response capabilities. With an oil spill response team of 25 wildlife experts , IBRRC has managed the oiled bird rehabilitation efforts in nearly 150 oil spills in 11 states, including the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Our international work has taken us to seven different countries and two U.S. territories. Please read more about our efforts and research!

Psittacine Research Project
The Psittacine Research Project is part of the Department of Animal Science at the University of California at Davis. The Project maintains breeding colonies of Orange-winged Amazon parrots and Cockatiels for research and instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Research findings are published in peer-reviewed journals, special publications of the Project and in the Project's Exotic Bird Report newsletter.

PDD-What is it? It's a disease that can affect anyone's bird and it did affect "Mocha" a beloved Timneh. "Mocha's" mom is helping to raise money for research into this disease more commonly known as "wasting syndrome".

It is an inflammatory response characterized by the accumulation of lymphocytes and plasma cells in the central nervous system of the bird, which supplies the muscles of the digestive organs. Birds may seem depressed, lose weight, have constant or intermittent regurgitation, or have traces of unprocessed seed in their poop. "Mocha" is gone now, but not forgotten!

Alex is a very famous African Grey parrot who has been the focal point of research into avian intelligence by Dr. Irene Pepperberg. Alex has quite the vocabulary and even recognizes colors and shapes. Alex is so cool that he is the "leading man" in his very own documentary. The Alex Foundation would appreciate any donations to aid Dr. Pepperberg with further funding for her research. If you would like more information on Dr. Pepperberg's work, just click on the picture of Alex.

If people access amazon.com through the Alex Foundation web site (www.alexfoundation.org), we get a few percent of the profit from the purchase....it sure can add up! Cheers--Irene

Institute for the Study & Preservation of Tropical Birds: Costa Rica

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to the research, preservation and rescue of tropical bird species. Visit us to find out more about what we do in Costa Rica.

The Loro Parque Fundación is a non-profit, non-governmental organization registered at national level in Spain by the Ministry of Education and Science since 1994. With its headquarters at Loro Parque, Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain, it operates on an international basis to promote conservation of parrots, biodiversity, the environment and sustainable development. With the benefit of its international, independent Advisory Board, the LPF works within consensus guidelines to achieve the best conservation outcome for all of its projects.

The International Aviculturists Society is a group of aviculturists from around the world striving to protect, preserve and enhance the keeping and breeding of all exotic birds through educational programs, cooperative breeding programs and the funding of avian research and avian conservation programs.