Grey parrots can be bred in captivity, and in the past two decades South Africa has developed the largest grey parrot breeding industry in the world.

African grey parrots are highly vulnerable to overexploitation. They are slow to reproduce, only breeding at around 3-5 years of age and producing one to two chicks each year. Their gregarious social ...

All cross-border commercial trade in wild-caught African grey parrots is now banned. Captive-bred birds can be traded, but only from breeding facilities that are registered with CITES. Currently ...

THE director of World Parrot Trust Africa, Dr Steve Boyes, has alleged that about 500 more African Grey parrots are being held at the Kempton Park quarantine station in Johannesburg and are due to ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently received an application submitted under the Wild Bird Conservation Act requesting authorization to import 4,000 grey parrots from South Africa to establish a ...

They are fashioning a new variety of African grey parrots, and I'm opposed to their project. The parrot they are trying to develop through selective breeding is not gray, but red! Or mostly red.

The present large breeding facilities will have a great deal of problem managing to obtain appropriate documents so they can continue to ship out their domestic raised greys, IF they are able to ...

Breeding pairs of African Greys are much sought-after since they produce around 12 eggs a year, and each bird can fetch up to £1,000. "I'm devastated," said Mrs Stockley.