ARTICLES BY LAURELLA DESBOROUGH

Laurella Desborough (eclectusbreeder.com) - Breeding exotic birds for over 20 years, including amazons, greys, cockatoos, brownheaded parrots, hawkheads and mini-macaws. Specializing in Eclectus parrots and Vasa Parrots. The following articles were previously published in Bird Breeder magazine and are reprinted here with permission of the author. Copyright Laurella Desbrough (eclectusbreeder.com). All rights reserved by the author.

ARTICLES
Model Aviculture Program (MAP)
Asking For Advice & Sharing Information
IAS Voluntary Standards Seminar
Breeder Software
An Aviary Manual For Birdsitters
The Sale Of Unweaned Babies
When To Medicate
Protecting Birds From Pests
Socialization Of Baby Birds
The Importance Of A Quality Diet
What Is Organic Agriculture?
Feather Plucking
Bird Behavior
A Look At Birds' Brains
Successes & Disappointments
Marketing At The End Of The Season
A Warning About Bird Marts
Shipping Birds
Making Taxes Less Taxing
Wrapping Up 1997 - Planning For A New Year
Legislative Updates - Colorado, December 1997
Proposed Legislation in Wisconsin, December 1997
CITES Update (1997 Changes)
Overview Of Historical Legislation Affecting Birds (originally published August, 1998)
A New Year For Aviculture - 1999
Planning For Professionalism
What Makes A Good Board Member?
The Millennium Project
The World Of Eclectus Parrots
The Eclectus Group
A Call To Action
Non-Native Species Legislative Proposals
Proposed Legislation In California
Animal Welfare Act
California Aviculturist Legislative Alert (1999)
Legislative Alert: Proposed Amendment To Animal Welfare Act (AWA) (March, 1999)
American Federation Of Aviculture Legislative Report: August, 2001 - Current Status Of Federal Laws: AWA, ESA, ISA, WBCA
Legislation Affecting Aviculture, A Brief Report - November, 2007
Pet Bird Shortage Or Abundance?

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