Fewer than 50 Orange-Bellied Parrots remain!
- dontforgetaboutus team
- Apr 6, 2016
- 1 min read
According to Zoos Victoria ‘Fewer than 50 Orange-bellied Parrots (OBP) remain in the wild. Without further intervention, extinction of this critically endangered species is predicted to occur within five years. The National OBP Recovery Team is fighting to keep these animals alive by helping create an insurance population that is capable of producing more numbers and slowly releasing them in to the wild. Unfortunately funding is the issue here, if these guys have any chance of seeing past the five year barrier it will be with the help of donations. This program will be undertaken at Werribee Zoo.
We can only pray and hope that they succeed in their objectives and that these beautiful birds will be around forever. The extinctions of the OBP would signify and mark the first extinction of a mainland bird since the early 1900’s. Please don’t forget about these guys, they need our help!
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