Global News - July 2007
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Dramatic comeback from Brazilian parrot
Thu 19 July 2007 12:30 UK — South America
A South American parrot has recovered from the brink of extinction as a result of better conservation of its natural habitat.
Reuters reports that recent research shows that the number of Lear's macaws found in the wild in Brazil has risen to over 750, just two decades after the bird faced total extinction.
Conservationists counted the animal's numbers on a recent trip and found 751 Lear's macaws. In 1987, there were just 70.
The American Bird Conservancy carried out the study and said that the recovery occurred because natural habitat in the Bahia state in north-eastern Brazil had been conserved and protected.
However, animal conservation charities added that the creatures were still threatened by hunting and the illegal pet trade.
The birds were named after the poet Edward Lear, who spent much time painting and writing poems about them while staying in Brazil in the 19th century.
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