July 1998 - Issue 197

SBS ANNUAL FUND DRIVE


Once again we need to ask you for your financial support. When you send in your tax deducible contribution it will help us take care of the unwanted birds we have adopted over the years. Providing for their housing, food, treats, toys and veterinariansı expenses.
Your gift will also support our educational program. Providing information about exotic Birds, there endangered and threatened status and of course what can be done to help save their home the rainforest. These programs reach thousands of people each year.
Your gift also helps us support selected organizations that are working to preserve the exotic birds remaining habitats in Central and South America.
All of the staff at Strictly Bird Sanctuary are volunteers so that we can make every dollar you donate count toward the exotic bird preservation.
We would once again like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generous support. What a great way to start the year by helping save these magnificent parrots.

Strictly Bird Foundation, 1015 East Seventh Street, Pueblo, Colorado 81001

DID YOU KNOW?


Each American throws away about 60 pounds of plastic packaging every year. Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. And most of them get thrown away.

Tambopata Peru in Peril


TAMBOPATA IS HOME TO THE TAMBOPATA MACAW RESEARCH FACILITY WHICH WE HELP SUPPORT THRU THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY..........
On March 26th Mobil oil company signed a contract with Petroperu for exploration and development of Blocks 77 (Las Piedras) and 78 (Tambopata) in a region known as Madre de Dios located near Peruıs southeastern border. The concession would invade the Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone (TCRZ). Mobilıs projects in the TCRZ have caused the Peruvian government to freeze plans for the proposed 2,390,960 acre Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, the first protected area in the history of South America to have backing of the people around it.
Mobilıs concession will intrude upon the territories of as many as 19 different Indian peoples. Despite the threat to an area renowned as the most biologically diverse regions on our planet, Mobil pushes onward with its exploitation of this gem of the Amazon forest, according to the Rainforest Action Network.
What can you do? Pick up your pen and paper and write a letter to Mr. Lucio Noto, chairman, The Mobil Corporation, 3225 Gallows Road, Fairfax, VA 22037-001, his fax# is (703)846-4669, and his e-mail is aff@ mobil.com and express your concern over this project in ecologically and culturally sensitive regions, and ask them to invest instead in sustainable energy alternatives for Peru.

IF A TREE FALLS IN THE RAINFOREST, DOES IT CRASH IN YOUR SHOPPING CART?


Many items we buy, use and throw out every day contribute substantially to rainforest destruction, either directly or indirectly. However, most rainforest conservation efforts are aimed at telling developing countries and people not to cut their forest.
Market forces, corruption, corporate greed, and over consumption by people of industrialized nations are causing the forest to fall, contributing to a rate of loss of over 100 acres every minute. You and I put pressures on foreign governments and people to cut their rainforest every time we buy harmful products or materials.
These products include tropical hardwoods, pulp and paper products such as bags, oil ( and therefore gasoline), aluminum, steel, gold, tin, and other metals, and agriculture products such as sugar, bananas, coffee, tea, coconuts, cinnamon, pineapple and mangos.
There are two front lines in the battle to save the rainforest. One is between the rainforest and the chain saw. The other is between the consumer and the store shelf....... Courtesy of RAINFOREST RELIEF.

Rainforest Facts


More than half of the worldıs estimated 10 million species of plants, animal and insects live in the tropical rainforest. At least 3000 fruits are found in the rainforest, of these only 200 are now in use.

Cuban Macaw


Ara tricolor (Extinct)

Detailed information on the appearance of the Cuban Macaw can only be made from museum skins, found in America and Europe. A total of 14 skins exist. A description of this macaw species is quoted here; it is taken from the work by Luther (1970): "Length 45-50 centimeters; scarlet crown yellowish red; nape yellow; rump and upper tail covers light blue; wings purple blue; lesser wing coverts edged reddish brown; tail blue with red base of feathers on upper parts, underside red; under tail coverts blue". The Cuban Macaw became extinct approximately between 1864 and 1885. Manıs shooting for food and collecting for pets, is the only known reason for this macaw becoming extinct.
Information from Encyclopedia of Macaws 1995

Strictly Bird's Hope foundation

You don't have to be a grown-up to make a difference
A book that shows kids how to do it too!
50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth...Barnes & Noble

Guide to a Well Behaved Parrot


by Mattie Sue Athanis an absolute must for all parrot owners. Mattie is a bird behavior consultant with over 25 years of experience in such problems as aggression, screaming, and self mutilation in hand-fed birds. This is the best book available on the market today.

Sponsor a presentation


For $50.00 you can sponsor a one hour show with Baby (a Blue & Gold) Macaw or Jason (Triton Cocatoo) Zeus (African Grey and Philip Kramer curator at Strictly Bird Society. Enjoy the show while learning about parrots, Macaws and there home the rainforest of South and Central America. Colorado area only.

The Strictly Bird Foundation Inc. is a non profit corporation dedicated to the preservation of Exotic Birds through research and public education.

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