TAS UK CONSERVATION FUND

Since the formation of The Amazona Society U.K. One of the main aims has been to raise funds to support conservation, we categorized this into three areas as shown.

1. To support conservation programs associated with the Genus AMAZONA.

2. Aid and promote research into the species.

3. Facilitate the exchange of information about the needs and behaviour of the species both in their natural

1994

1. £206-87 towards research into the Yellow Naped Amazon(Amazona Auropalliata Auropalliata) conducted by Dr Ann Brice.

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

3. £191-10 Towards publishing a Husbandry Guideline booklet (issued free to all members joining the society)

4. £50 Towards printing a free leaflet for the general public entitled The Amazon Parrot. Helpful Hints.

5. £18-50 to purchase a copy of the Red Data Book

1995

1. £361-63 To the National Trust of the Cayman Islands towards the 1997 census of the Cuban Amazon (Amazona Leucocephala Hesterna) in the wild. The proposer of the project Mr D. Ford, from Birds Eye View Cameras donated a further £360-00

2. £200-00 Towards research into the Red Lored Amazon family (Amazona Autumnalis) at the Sir John Moore University, Liverpool.

3. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

1996

1. £265-05 Towards research into Macaw Wasting dIsease, being conducted by Mr N. Harcourt-Brown (as this disease has now been diagnosed in Amazon Parrots)

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

4. £25-00 Donated to Birdlife International

1997

1. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

4. £118-00 To provide a supply of second edition The Husbandry Guidelines given free to all new members.

No other projects were proposed by members in 1997

   THE  AMAZONA SOCIETY UK

           Europe’s only specialist society for Amazon Parrots

1998

1. £307-00 Donated to help continuing field studies of the Red Tailed Amazon (Amazona Brasiliensis).

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

1999

1. £197-59 Donated to Mr Paul Butler, Conservation Officer of the R.A.R.E. Foundation to support the field studies of Amazon species and to educate the local population to appreciate their rare and treasured Parrots in the Caribbean

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons

2000

1. US$ 1000 Donated through Loro Parque Tenerife to help with the conservation programme of the endemic Red - Necked Amazon (Amazona Arausiaca) and Imperial Amazon (Amazona Imperialis) in Dominica

2. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

2001

1.  £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

No other project was proposed by members in 2001.

2002

1. £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

2. £120 To adopt a pair of St. Lucia Amazons (Amazona Versicolor) at Chester Zoo.

One other project was proposed but was rejected as unsuitable by the committee

2003

1.  £120 To adopt a pair of Lilacine Amazons (Amazona Autumnalis Lilacina) at Chester Zoo.

2. US$1000  Donated to the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation to help support further Habitat Protection on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean

3. £300-00 To help support a study of the Reproductive Ecology of the Yellow - Shouldered Amazon (Amazona Barbadensis) on Bonaire in the

2004

1. £120 to adopt a pair of Red Tailed Amazons

(Amazona Brasiliensis)

At Chester Zoo

No other project was proposed

by members in 2004

2005

1, US$ 1000 (£550.68) to the

Rare Species Conservatory Foundation

Towards the supply of artificial nest boxes for use

With Caribbean Amazons

2, US$ 1000 (£550.68) to

Parrots International

Towards Phase 2 of the Predator Control Project

In Abaco

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