Scarlet Macaws in Flight (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Scarlet Macaws in Flight

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Researchers and conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups have helped to raise a bumper crop of scarlet macaw fledglings in the forests of Guatemala, where the species has become threatened by a combination of habitat destruction and poaching for the pet trade.

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WCS Guatemala Program

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