Author Archives: Terese Hart

The Parrot Plague Persists

Only in Kisangani :“Here, at our Kisangani Parrot Center, no disease vectors are wandering around, no chickens, no goats, like we have at the Dingi Center.  So why are parrots dying in Kisangani while Dingi Center has no disease problem? ” Goat gleaning fallen peanuts and corn. In Kisangani, the Parrot Conservation Center (PCC) is […]

Wild Foods for Caged Parrots

The African Greys , throughout their healing, remain wary of the humans bustling around.  There are just a few rare ones at ease with the caretakers sweeping their flight-cage clean, bringing them food, changing their water.  Two rare semi-tames sidle close while the rest are on high-alert in the back of the flight-cage. Those rare […]

Road Trip to Release Parrots and Achieve “Closure”

One of the project’s three Parrot Conservation Centers (CCP) is in Lodja, but getting there is not easy.  Passenger flights into Lodja’s small airport have always been sparse and erratic. Recently they have become even more fickle. There are only occasional and unpredictable flights into Lodja’s small airport – this one in July 2024. Diego […]

Dear Readers and Friends of Parrots,

The darkest month of the year is upon the Northern Continents.  It is the perfect time to bring some light to a much sunnier southern continent. The Parrots of Congo receive no mercy from poachers this season.  Your donation will go directly to confiscate parrot shipments from traffickers, bring parrot traffickers to justice and publicize […]