Save Africa's Parrots - Project of the World Parrot Trust

Many of Africa's parrots are disappearing from the wild. They need our help!
In Africa wild parrots face an increasing number of threats, from habitat loss and harvesting for the pet trade, to disease and persecution as crop pests.
But there is hope...
The World Parrot Trust (WPT) has been working in Africa for many years and sees an urgent need increase its efforts to help save Africa's parrots. To this end, WPT has developed the WPT Africa Conservation Programme (ACP), an innovative effort focusing on:
- Working with in-country partners to conserve parrots and habitats
- Researching African parrot populations to make better decisions on how to protect them
- Investigating threats that put them at risk
- Collaborating with law enforcement to protect parrots from wildlife trade and poaching
- Aiding efforts to improve wildlife law enforcement and management of confiscated birds
- Reaching local communities to raise awareness as to why parrots need to remain wild
Our current work is focusing on researching Timneh parrots in the Bijagos archipelago of Guinea-Bissau, initiating community education about Grey parrots in Uganda, and expanding a population monitoring project for Cape parrots in Limpopo, South Africa. It is a great start but there is more to be done.
With your help we can do much more...
Because of the overwhelming need for these efforts to continue, WPT's ACP is now dedicated to a multi-year commitment on behalf of these birds to help at-risk parrots in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, DRC, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda, and South Africa.
All of this effort requires time and money. Just one gift from you of $25, $50 or $100 will help us to continue this vital work of research, encouraging legal reform, confiscation, rescue, rehabilitation of birds caught in the trade, protecting habitat and public education.
Plus when you donate now, your gift will be matched by generous supporters dollar for dollar, but only until the end of January, 2014.
Together we can make a difference to the lives of parrots in Africa.
Will you make a gift, and save these parrots, today?
Go online to donate:
www.parrots.org...

[@JeannetteK]

This very passionate lady, Dr. Jane Goodall i admire so much and all her animal video's i try to see on tv, dvd or reading books. Also her former and late husband Hugo von Lawick was a great man and protector of animals. ***********

[@phoebelinden9602]

We've loved parrots nearly to death. Trafficking for the pet trade and loss of habitat are the one - two punches that continue to assault parrots in the wild. While many can and do adapt to lives in captivity, all parrots need our help if they are to surive in the wild and thrive in our homes. Thank you, WPT and Dr. Jane Goodall for the great work you do around the globe.

[@KakarikiParadise]

I think, it's not what people have done, but what people are doing yet. So let's do it