Scarlet macaws Spike and his sister Gabby are for sale at Quality Exotic Birds. Owners Joseph and Roseann Carlino and son Anthony can help you choose a companion that will live for decades.

In past decades, breeders would pair up wild birds who had experience reproducing, but in 1992 Congress passed the Wild Bird Conservation Act, which banned exotic bird imports except under limited ...

Owners then put up birds for sale online instead of giving them up, hoping to recoup some of their expenses, says Priscilla Sturges, who runs the adoption program for the Rose City Exotic Bird Club.

But since sale of foreign species is not banned, we can take action only when we get a complaint and have the evidence." Chaudhury said, "Exotic birds have to be kept in a conducive environment.

Thirty vendors from Florida, Indiana, Alabama and Tennessee will set up in Camp Jordan Arena for an Exotic Bird Fair on Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 ...

Authorities in Alameda County are struggling with what to do about an estimated 500 tropical birds being raised in ramshackle cages in a Castro Valley backyard. Sgt. Ray Kelly of the Alameda ...

He’s been working with birds for more than a half-century and has about 80 to 100 in fly cages in a building on his property. Cloncs specializes in smaller exotic birds, like cockatiels and conures.

GREENFIELD — It’s not uncommon for animals to be at the Hancock County Fairgrounds, but its most recent visitors were a little more exotic than usual. The Sarah Burke 4-H Exhibit Hall was ...