stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) (05/22/91)
Last weekend I attended the Canadian Parrot Symposium (2nd Annual). If anyone is interested in any of the speakers I will produce a summary. The agenda was: Paul Butler - Putting the Pieces in Place: The Conservation of Lesster Antillean Amazons Dr. Kuni Fann - In Praise of the Eclectus Parrot Tony Silva - Captive Breeding Using the Example of Loro Parque Jan Roger van Oosten - Species for the Future Peter Mostert - The Hawkheaded Parrot Gloria Allen - Handfeeding Psittacine-Type Birds Rick Jordan - Psittacine Incubation: Controls for Success Dr. Matthew Vriends - Breeding Aratinga Species Robert MacLean - Wild Animal and Plant Protection Act (proposed Canadian Legislation) Dr. Branson Ritchie DVM - Advances in Understanding PBFD Virus and Polyomavirus Dr. Ron Orenstein - Why Aviculturists Shoud Support Regulation of the Wild Bird Trade Gary P. Lilienthal - The Activities of the Cooperative Working Group on the Bird Trade. ---------- If you ever get a chance to see any of Paul Butler, Tony Silva, Rick Jordan, or Branson Ritchie speak, do not miss the opportunity. They are excellent. Gloria Allen was also a good speaker. The others varied from ok to quite good - sometimes the delivery was poor; sometimes the material was very dry or uninteresting. There were around 200 people at the conference (2 day) and it was definitely well worth attending (in my opinion). The next one will likely be in one or two years and I'd recommend it to anyone within 8 hours of Toronto. Anyhow, if you want more info on any of the speaches, put up a request and I'll try to summarize. Stewart -- Stewart Winter Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830 FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive UUCP: stewartw%cognos.uucp@ccs.carleton.ca Ottawa, Ontario The bird of the day is .... Timneh Parrot CANADA K1G 3Z4
ooblick@intercon.com (Mikki Barry) (05/23/91)
In article <9661@cognos.UUCP>, stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) writes: Re: conference speakers... > Dr. Ron Orenstein - Why Aviculturists Shoud Support Regulation of the > Wild Bird Trade > > Gary P. Lilienthal - The Activities of the Cooperative Working Group on > the Bird Trade. Could you please summarize what these people said? The wild bird trade is a very controversial topic and many states are passing laws re: legality of having imported birds as pets in their states. Mikki Barry
ss@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Scheid) (05/23/91)
I would be interested in a summary of Peter Mostert talk on the Hawkheaded Parrot, especially any information dealing with captive breeding and diet. -Steve Scheid