green parrot
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Norfolk Lions work to save green parrot
The daily newspaper, The Syd ney Morning Herald, has announced a Norfolk Island entry in its annual Service Clubs award contest.
It is from the Lions Club of Norfolk Island, which has sub mitted a project aimed at pre serving a feature of the island’s unique wildlife.
In conjunction with Austra lia’s National Parks and Wildlife
Service, the Lions Club is hel ping to increase the population of the Norfolk Island green parrot, which is an endangered species.
At the beginning of the pro ject the parrot’s numbers had dwindled to 18 but the Lions Club has built a breeding cage and is providing assistance to the NPWS and the Norfolk Island Government Conserva tor in capturing, hand-rearing and breeding the colorful birds.
Hopes are high that the breed ing program will ensure the survival of the species.