The Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation in Qatar owned by the Sheikh has now issued a press release acknowledging for the first time

Regular visitors to the website will recall that I reported at the end of July 2003 that Sheikh Saoud bin Mohd. bin Ali Al-Thani had acquired the Spix's Macaws belonging to Antonio de Dios in the Philippines and in March of this year those belonging to Roland Messer in Switzerland (see below). The Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation in Qatar owned by the Sheikh has now issued a press release acknowledging for the first time that this occurred.

The press release can be read on the news page by clicking here. It confirms that Sheikh Al-Thani now holds 42 Spix's Macaws and that Roland Messer retained one pair. Two Spix's macaws have hatched successfully so far this year and an egg is still in the incubator.

Die deutsche Fassung der Presse-Mitteilung kann man lesen wenn man hier klickt.