Endangered parrots born in captivity reproduce in wild

by stvalentine | May 17, 2008 at 06:10 am | 143 views | 2 comments

Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.The ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species has released 100 of the birds into the wild in the past decade. But biologists didn't spot offspring until last year, biologist Laura Fournier said.

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amyjudd

at 06:26 on May 17th, 2008

What a lovely story! Thanks for posting this, but we do ask our members to use the highlight tool when posting from another source so that our readers know where the information is coming from

Thanks!

stvalentine

at 06:35 on May 17th, 2008

Dear amyjudd,
I have provided the story with the original source, which I have
highlighted the news from.......you can find that in "Go To The
Original Story" link

thanks for the kind note.