Up-to-date information on the Spix’s Macaw project - October 2018

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The re-introduction programme for the Spix's Macaw in the caatinga of north-eastern Brazil will soon be underway. Called the "De-extinction of the Spix's Macaw" here is some information on it. This is based on a presentation on the topic at this year's annual convention of the American Federation of Aviculture held in mid-August in San Antonio, Texas.  

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 " Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret "

( If you drive out nature with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back)

Horace (65-8 BC)