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I saw there was one news published by WAZA in March 2019, they said Pairi Daiza and Wildlife Reserves Singapore are giving the species new hope. With ongoing breeding programmes and construction of a release centre in Brazil, 20-year series of annual reintrodcutions will begin as soon as 2020.
Not sure Singapore return the birds and put them into this program.
 
DannySG said:
I saw there was one news published by WAZA in March 2019, they said Pairi Daiza and Wildlife Reserves Singapore are giving the species new hope. With ongoing breeding programmes and construction of a release centre in Brazil, 20-year series of annual reintrodcutions will begin as soon as 2020.
Not sure Singapore return the birds and put them into this program.
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Jurong had joined the Spix's macaw reintroduction project in 2017 by providing funding. Jurong was loaned a pair of Spix's macaws (and 4 Lear's macaws) by the project's other partners in Germany and Qatar (which are breeding the macaws for reintroduction) for display to raise public awareness on the project. Jurong has just exited from the project and so the macaws are being returned to Germany and Qatar.
 
Zooish said:
Jurong had joined the Spix's macaw reintroduction project in 2017 by providing funding. Jurong was loaned a pair of Spix's macaws (and 4 Lear's macaws) by the project's other partners in Germany and Qatar (which are breeding the macaws for reintroduction) for display to raise public awareness on the project. Jurong has just exited from the project and so the macaws are being returned to Germany and Qatar.
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I must say I am rather mystified as to developments and the rationale..
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I must say I am rather mystified as to developments and the rationale..
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Indeed, for all the fanfare surrounding Jurong's participation in the project, it was very short-lived. Perhaps Jurong only came on board because no one else was willing or able to come up with the funding at the time? Jurong had all the while focused on Southeast Asian conservation projects, so to participate in a project in Brazil was a departure from the norm. Now that Pairi Daiza, with its deep pockets, has joined the project, perhaps Jurong felt they were no longer needed and could spend the money in Southeast Asia instead.
 
Zooish said:
Jurong has just exited from the project and so the macaws are being returned to Germany and Qatar.
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By Qatar did you mean Al Wabra? I think all their birds went to the ACTP in Germany after it closed down? So now the two main stakeholders outside Brazil must be ACTP(Germany) and Paira Daiza. I believe the latter intend to take on more Spix as they are building aviaries for them.
 
Pertinax said:
By Qatar did you mean Al Wabra? I think all their birds went to the ACTP in Germany after it closed down? So now the two main stakeholders outside Brazil must be ACTP(Germany) and Paira Daiza. I believe the latter intend to take on more Spix as they are building aviaries for them.
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Yes, Al Wabra. I'm wasn't sure where their macaws went.
 
Zooish said:
Yes, Al Wabra. I'm wasn't sure where their macaws went.
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All Al Wabra's birds(Spix anyway) went to the ACPT Parrot foundation place in Germany- over 100 of them I think! ACPT are now in the process of returning 50 of them to Brazil at present.
 
Pertinax said:
All Al Wabra's birds(Spix anyway) went to the ACPT Parrot foundation place in Germany- over 100 of them I think! ACPT are now in the process of returning 50 of them to Brazil at present.
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If I am correct the relocation to Brazil will be next March.

Edit: In fact 52 birds in quarantine for export ... only 8 days (as of today)!

Should really also be in the ACPT thread.
 
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Apart from the Solomon Islands Eclectus, does anyone know which other subspecies is kept at Jurong?
 
Goura said:
Apart from the Solomon Islands Eclectus, does anyone know which other subspecies is kept at Jurong?
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WRS (Jurong and Singapore Zoo) keep E.r.cornelia, E.r.polychloros, E.r.solomonensis and E.r.vosmaeri (and a bunch with no subspecies identified).
 
Zooish said:
WRS (Jurong and Singapore Zoo) keep E.r.cornelia, E.r.polychloros, E.r.solomonensis and E.r.vosmaeri (and a bunch with no subspecies identified).
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Oh I see - that makes it more difficult to identify my photos. I know which ones are solomonensis but have no idea what the others are. Do you happen to know which subspecies is kept at Lory Loft? The hen seemed to have a lot of red on the back rather than the purplish/blue of most other subspecies
 
Goura said:
Oh I see - that makes it more difficult to identify my photos. I know which ones are solomonensis but have no idea what the others are. Do you happen to know which subspecies is kept at Lory Loft? The hen seemed to have a lot of red on the back rather than the purplish/blue of most other subspecies
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The ones at Lory Loft should be the Sumba Island subspecies (E.r.cornelia) as they have very little blue/purple plumage.
 
Zooish said:
The ones at Lory Loft should be the Sumba Island subspecies (E.r.cornelia) as they have they have very little blue/purple plumage.
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Thanks for that info. Zooish - much appreciated. I do like to get my photos correctly named if possible.
 
Just another one - which subspecies of Ara militaris is kept at Jurong?
 
Zooish said:
The Spix's and Lear's Macaws and Shoebills have returned to Jurong from the quarantine facility at the Singapore Zoo as the global travel shutdown makes their export impossible for the time being.
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I wasn't aware the Lear's and Shoebills were on loan. Interesting to know
 
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