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Plague of the Parakeets: Exotic Birds Trouble British Farmers as Numbers Hit 20,000 High
Animals  (tags: england, wildlife, wildanimals, birds, ring-necked parakeets, crop damage, habitat, humans )

Jacquelin
- 360 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Record numbers of ring-necked parakeets are brightening up Britain's dreary winter skies. Numbers of the green parrots have rocketed from 1,500 in 1996 to an estimated 20,000 today, according to the British Trust for Ornithology. But the exotic birds
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Kathy W. (301)
Sunday November 30, 2008, 2:52 pm
Ah, but they're so cute.... :)
Thanks Jacqueline.
 

Dandelion G. (124)
Sunday November 30, 2008, 4:23 pm
This is what happens when people are careless and let their pet bird out in the wild when they no longer want it..desrupts the web of life. People need to think before they move wildlife around or take it into their lives to begin with.
 
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