New research shows that if captive breeding stopped tomorrow, orange-bellied parrots would soon become extinct. So we’re locked into breeding programs until we can solve the underlying problems.

Key points: Documents prepared by Tasmania's orange-bellied parrot program found the wind farm could create migration barriers, kill birds that collide with the infrastructure, and interfere with ...

Captive breeding and release is sustaining the population of orange-bellied parrots, holding extincti Captive breeding of threatened species for release into the wild is an important conservation ...