Abstract
2008 Convention Speakers
Don’t miss an exceptional group of speakers at this year’s American Federation of Aviculture 2008 Convention! Speakers and topics are subject to change. This partial list of speakers will be updated monthly on the AFA website at www.AFABirds.org.
❖❖ Mattie Sue Athan:
»» Retired Breeder
Cockatoos - Where
Should They Go?
❖❖ Laurie E. Baker:
»» Understanding Basic
Bird Behavior
❖❖ April Blazich:
»» Wonder Weeds
»» What’s Good for the
Goose is Good for the
Whole Flock!
❖❖ Carolyn Carr:
»» Belize - Life in a
Subtropical Country
with Emphasis on the
Development of a
Program to Protect the
Keel-bill Toucan
❖❖ Neville Connors:
»» Australian Cockatoos
in the Wild and in the
Aviary
»» Australian Lorikeets!
The Advancements
Over the Past Two
Decades
❖❖ Jason Crean
»» The Beak Speaks!
The Green Aracari in
Aviculture
❖❖ Thomas M. Edling,
DVM, MSpVM
»» Aviculture and the
Retail Pet Industry
❖❖ Susan W. Farlow
»» Effective
Communication in
Human and Avian
Encounters
❖❖ Madeleine Franco
»» Flock Management
Techniques for
the “Excessively
Enthusiastic”
Avicultural Hobbyist
❖❖ Walter Frey, Ph.D.
»» Keynote Address
»» Flocking Birds from a
Breeder’s Perspective
❖❖ Carol Frischmann
»» Sponsored by
International Conure
Association
»» Preparing Companion
Bird Buyers for a
Lifetime Commitment
❖❖ Bennett Hennessey
Sponsored by
Bird Endowment
»» Where a Park Won’t
Do: Conservation
Actions with Local
Communities to Help
Protect the Bolivian
Red-fronted Macaw
(Ara rubrogenys)
»» Protecting a
Subspecies before
it becomes an
Extinct Species: The
Palkachupa Cotinga
(Phibalura boliviana)
in Bolivia
»» Conservation Actions
for the Wattled
Curassow (Crax
globulosa) and the
Peruvian Southern
Horned-Curassow
(Pauxi unicornis
koepckea)
»» Saving the Critically
Endangered, Bolivian
Endemic Bluethroated
Macaw (Ara
glaucogularis)
❖❖ Sharman Hoppes,
DVM, Diplomate
ABVP-Avian
Texas A&M University
»» Update on
Proventricular
Dilatation Disease
❖❖ Terri Jones
»» Attracting the Young
Aviculturist
»» Make Bird Toys from
Nothing!
❖❖ Karen Justice
»» Training the
Spix’s Macaws - A
“Spix-Rerience”
❖❖ Josef Lindholm III
»» Cotingas in the
Twenty-First Century
»» Birds in Germany: Ten
Zoos in Thirteen Days
or, if This is Thursday, it
Must Be Krefeld!
❖❖ Adrianne W. Mock
»» Environmental
Enrichment for
Captive Birds
❖❖ Mark Romansky
»» Anatomy of a
Successful Parrot
Rehoming Program
❖❖ Jean Pattison
»» Dos and Do Nots of
Breeding and Raising
Greys and Other
African Parrots
❖❖ Linda S. Rubin
»» Linebreeding
Practices in Psittacine
Husbandry
»» Linebreeding Small
Hookbills for Health,
Fertility and Longevity
❖❖ Wayne E. Smyth
❖❖ Nancy Speed
»» Inside the Nestbox of
the Cuban Amazon
❖❖ Darrel Styles, DVM,
Ph.D.
»» Update on Avian
Influenza
❖❖ Dr. Ian Tizard,
BVMS, Ph.D., ACVM
Texas A&M University
»» The Status of the
Schubot Exotic Bird
Health Center and Its
Role in Aviculture
❖❖ Ricardo Valentin
Sponsored by Amigos
de Las Aves USA and
Schubot Exotic Health
Center
»» History of the Puerto
Rican Parrot Captive
Propagation Program
Based on Experience at
Rio Abaja Aviary
»» Successful Breeding of
the Puerto Rican Parrot
at the Rio Abajo Aviary
❖❖ Genny Wall
»» Introduction to the
Politics of Animal
Legislation
❖❖ David Waugh, Ph. D.
»» Is Sustainable Trade of
Wild Parrots Possible
for Their Conservation
in Cameroon?
❖❖ Jamie Whittaker
»» The Aviculture Puzzle
❖❖ Bonnie Zimmermann
»» Kembali Bebas Avian
Rehabilitation Center
- Evolution of a Dream