Taken in January, 2020.
Ruby, a female eclectus parrot, one of two that arrived together at the conservatory back in 2011. Her partner, a male named Kiwi, has since passed away.
In North Maluku, Indonesia, the illegal bird trade is very big. New surveys are being done to study the populations of the endangered parrot species that live there and to stop the poaching.
But why is the parrot trade so big all of a sudden? Many say this may be because of advertisements on...