Abstract
Sun Seed Is an
Official Sponsor of
American
Federation of Aviculture
The Sun Seed Company, Inc., of Bowling Green, Ohio has
been named an official sponsor of the American Federation of
Aviculture and will dedicate a portion of its company profits to
the AFA's work in the bird industry.
In a joint announcement by Sun Seed President Les Gonda
and AFA President Jack Clinton-Eitniear, the sponsorship is
hailed as ''an important step toward promoting a new level of
education and awareness in this very significant field."
• • This is another way of underscoring our position as a company
of bird owners for bird owners," Gonda says, ''and we're
proud to take this step forward."
In addition to its continuing educational programs for both
the industry and the general public, Clinton-Eitniear says the
AFA plans to expand the number of AFA breeding consortiums
and to encourage its affiliated clubs to choose a species and
begin a breeding consortium as well. Such programs will allow
future aviculturists and pet owners access to variety of genetically
diversified species.
In a related step, Sun Seed has donated 250 pounds of bird
seed to the AFA to assist in a program of releasing some 60
Amazon parrots back into the Mexican wilds after they were
confiscated on the Mexican side of the Texas-Mexico border as
smugglers were attempting to bring them into this country
illegally.