Parrots October 2019 edition available now

In this issue … News from Loro Parque: Management of the Purple-naped Lory; Eb Cravens presents Volume I of Psittacine Breeding Tips; Rosemary Low gets back in touch with LorKim Joyner for her column ‘People Helping Parrots’; Lovebird Behaviour – Nature or Nurture? asks GrrlScientist; Training our parrots, whether teaching them tricks or improving their socialisation skills, provides them nourishing enrichment in the form of emotional and intellectual stimulation, writes Leslie Moran; Sally Blanchard tells us about her long time companion, Paco, a Double-yellow headed Amazon; Sarah Williams is determined to see rescued Macaws flying free in the wild; Lissey Coates tells her amazing story of how her life has been changed by Rio, the Blue and Gold Macaw; Sarah Jackson tells us why cheap birds are not a real deal!; David Waugh and Rafael Zamora Padrón tell how research assesses the large-scale impacts of habitat loss and poaching on Neotropical parrots; 10 mile run for the Spix's Macaw; Jim Hayward gives information for those wishing to breed the Hooded Parakeet; RSPCA report and birds for re-homing; Monica Xiao’s cartoon of Koi & Bei birds; News stories from around the world; Letters from our readers; Your parrot queries answered by our panel of experts; Latest calendar dates for parrot-related events; Back issue list; DVDs and eMag CDs; Subscription details; Classified adverts; and lots more…