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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

10,000 Birds

Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt. Another endangered species that Guyana is famous for and that, like the red siskin, was decimated by many years of trapping for the pet trade in neighboring countries is the enigmatic Sun Parakeet.

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Five Famous First Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

So in celebration, here is a fun list of Five Famous First Pets. Macaroni the pony. First Pet, 1963): John F. Kennedy’s family owned many pets, including a horse, which was a present to 5 year-old Caroline Kennedy. First Pet, 1789-1791): In addition to horses and hound dogs, George Washington owned a parrot.

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