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could be widely differing interpretations by individual local inspectors.
The National Council for Aviculture, Cage & Aviary birds, and other SUN members are all actively engaged in trying to get these guidance notes modified, and if you think that you could be affected, please support our efforts by writing to your MP. A template letter is available on our website for you to download. We are still advising people on what is required from DEFRA to ensure that all Greys that are sold have the correct Article 10 papers. If you are thinking of buying an African Grey you must ensure it comes with the yellow CITES documentation, it is an offence to buy a Grey if it is not correctly licenced. What is starting to interest us is the affects that Brexit will have on bird keepers and the possibility that quarantine will eventually be re- imposed on birds coming from mainland Europe. This would make quite a difference for companies who import birds for the pet industry as at the present time, as far as I am aware, there are no functioning quarantine stations for birds in the UK. These facilities can be quite expensive to both build and maintain and therefore anyone thinking of building one will
obviously think very carefully before they go down that route. This may well mean a dire shortage of stock for the pet trade.
In this edition of Bird Scene we are
very pleased to have the third part of a very interesting article on Zebra Finches by Ken Lockwood and Gerald Massey. Also the second part of the article on the Lesser Vasa Parrots by Anton Schreuders. There is also an interesting article on the historical development of the very popular Gloster Canary by Charlie Clarke. We are always happy to receive articles about the species that are being exhibited at The National and are very pleased to give publicity to the club supplying the information. Regular readers will know that Bird Scene as been produced to publicise The National Exhibition held each year at our October Sale Day/Show at Stafford County Showground which will be held on Sunday 7th October 2018 and to promote our Conservation efforts for threatened parrots in the wild. An archive of earlier editions of Bird Scene can be found on this link www.
theparrotsocietyuk.org/bird-scene/ bird-scene-magazine-archive so if you would like to see earlier versions please do log on to our site.
BY THE EDITOR
LES RANCE
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