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Amazona Society of
Great Britain
There is an Amazona Society of Great Britain. 1umerous
people inquired about this during the 1995 AFA convention.
Those wishing to join this society should make out a bank
draft of£ 13 03 pounds Sterling) to:
Terry Stielman, c;o Amazona Society of Great Britain
Southfield House
Southfield Road
Broughton
WR Brigg, Sines DW 200 DZ
United Kingdom •
AFA State Coordinators
Needed in North East Region
"Legislation hits New York, MassachusetTs and New
Hampshire preventing the ownership of bird~ ... "
This could become a reality if legislation remains
unwatched in these states. The American Federation of
Aviculture is seeking members residing in these states who
are interested in becoming State Coordinators. o experience
is necessaiy. only a willingness to monitor state legislation
and promote the AFA at some state event<;. Training will be
provided. AFA State Coordinators automatically become
members of the AFA House of Delegates, receive quarterly
reports and are listed in the AF A Watchbird journal.
If you are interested in protecting and promoting aviculture
in your state, become a volunteer with the AFA, the leading
aviculru ral organization in the U.S.A. Please contact
Regional Vice President Linda S. Rubin, 93 Woodcliff Road,
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167. Phone: 617-469-0557, fax: 617-469-
036R e
Halmahera Project Gets
UnderWay
a Frmdutiull Loru Parque neuJS Release
Amongst the most recent project<; that the Loro Parque
Foundation has become involved with is the two-year long
field project that has been initiated by Bird life International on
the Isl::ind of Halmahera in the Maluku Island group in
Indonesia.
Thts is widely regarded as one of the most important conserv:
J.tion project~ being undertaken at the present rime as
Halmahera ~>upports no fewer than 26 endemic birds and is
the home for nine spedes of parrots. Perhaps the most important
psittacine from Halmahera is the globally threatened
Umbrella Cockatoo Cacatua alba. But all of the species from
this Island mcluclmg the Eclectus Eclectus roratus uosmaen,
Blue-wmged King Parrot Alisten/.S a. hypopboniLIS, Violetnecked
Lory Eos s. ncinrata, Chattenng Lory Lon'z/.S p,an·u!us,
Red-flanked Lorikeet Cbmmosyna place1llis, Great-hilled
Parrot 7'al lJ~nathus megalorhyncbus, Muluku hanging Parrot
Lon:ezth/.S mrwhilis, and the Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus
f.!,f:!Q[/royi, will he studied during the course of the project.
The project budget amounts to about U.S. $ 205,000 which

includes the employment of Indonesian personnel. travel.
equipment and materials. report<> and publications and project
administration. In September 1994 the Lora Parque
Foundation agreed to contribute approximately U .. $ 89,000
over the course of the two-year project which amounts to
almost 50% of the total funding.
It is hoped that this field project will lead to a detailed
understanding of the avifauna of Halmahera and tl1at at least
one new area of natural reserve can be created once the final
recommendations of the research team have been studied. •
In Memorium: Ray H. Rudisill
A tragic accident recently claimed the life of Ray Rudisill.
noted Canary breeder, show judge and past Second Vice
President of the AFA. An explosion at his work place, where
he was employed as a chemist, left him with third degree
burns. Taken to the hospital, he didn't survive the night.
Ray's aviculturaJ passion was Canaries, which he began to
breed in 1977, specializing in Northern Dutch Frills. He turned
to the exhibition circuit in 1978, and in later years added both
Borders and Glosters to his breeding and showing regimen.
Ray became active with the AFA in 1980, when he served
as Missouri Stare Coordinator for three years. He then held the
position of Central Regional Vice President and. in 1985 was
elected to tl1e office of Second Vice President which he held
for two years.
Ir was in 1985 after numerous show wins tl1at Ray became
a certified Panel judge for both the Old Varieties Canary
Association and 1 orth American Border Club judges panels.
His judging expertise was in demand throughout the United
tates and he presided over the Old Valieties Division at both
the 1990 National Cage Bird , how in Atlanta, Georgia and the
1994 National Show in Manchester, New Hampshire.
A staunch supporter of both local and national organizations,
Ray served as president or hoard member for nlllnerous
associations and org:mizations.
Our heartfelt sympathy to his family and his many friends
in the fancy who shall miss his valued input and his presence. 

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