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out what could and couldn’t be done. Key issues were: • what needed to be improved to make sure we were looked upon favourably


• who needed to be included to make sure our argument did not fall on deaf ears


• and then who would volunteer to implement the changes


Keeping the hobby together was also extremely important and so meetings were arranged to bring all the different clubs and interests together. This may now be history but it is testament to all that hard work that in 2015 we are celebrating the 9th show since the resurrection of the National. This is a show which gets more popular every year. Many thousands of individuals turn up every year to show birds, purchase or exchange excess stock birds and to buy seed and accessories from the many stalls. If, individually, all those had voiced a protest about our shows closing I doubt that anyone would have listened. However, as the Parrot Society represented all of us collectively, it had the strength to get MPs on our side and the argument that it represented thousands of voters who wanted something sorted. With Johnston & Jeff, we find that the large


organisations which dictate the rules are not interested in individual companies. And so we are members of the PetFood Manufacturers Association. I am the Chairman of the Bird Group in this, and it gives us the opportunity to discuss any rule changes before they are applied because the PFMA represents over 90% of manufacturers in the UK. It is in the interests of any organisation that dictates rules to talk to a body direct that represents, and has the ear of, so many individuals. And so my message this year is to encourage you to become members of the Parrot Society as membership offers so much


more than a monthly magazine. A collective wealth of knowledge, excellent conservation work, regional branches with regular meets and, above all, a voice that is listened to. The larger the membership of the Parrot Society then the more strength it has to ensure that we all continue to enjoy the shows, sale days and club meetings which are central to our hobby. I am personally very proud to be associated with the Parrot Society and of the fact that my company is the sole sponsor of this years National.


Richard Johnston MD, Johnston & Jeff


DONATE TO OUR CONSERVATION FUND…


CLICK THE LINK BELOW: http://www.theparrotsocietyuk.org/donations.php


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