Conservation

"As a biologist and wildlife veterinarian, I am committed to conservation and preservation of nature. Art is one pathway. "

Our beautiful world is under assault and we are all warriors in the war against nature.

Conservation Projects & Causes

Create Conservation Project/Cause - SoCal Parrot | Pat Latas

SoCal Parrot rescue, rehab, release AND repatriate wild parrots

SoCal Parrot is a licensed wildlife rehabilitation center, founded to bridge the gap of care and consideration for wild, naturalized parrots. They are also a resource for wild parrot conservation, education, and protections. What does that mean? Rescue and rehabilitate wild parrots from Southern California, and release them back into the urban wild when they are healthy again.

Now, even more urgent is the placement of wild parrots who have been confiscated from wildlife trafficking. There are no facilities in the USA that are able to care for large numbers of young or debilitated...

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Create Conservation Project/Cause - People, Parrots and Conservation | Pat Latas

Sun Parakeets and One Earth Conservation

"One Earth Conservation promotes parrot well-being in the Americas by conducting transformative parrot conservation, taking action to end the wildlife trade, and encouraging in people a strong sense of human connection to all life that results in the well-being of all.

One Earth Conservation’s work is grounded in the acknowledgment of a system of exploitation and domination which harms and oppresses many forms of life. Parrots and the humans they share land with suffer at the intersection of multiple harms which indicate a society in need of restructuring around the following...

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Dominica Parrots

To aid the endemic, imperiled and devastated populations of the Sisserou and Jaco with assistance for in-situ surveys, management, rescue, veterinary care, release and breeding with soft release in-situ ON DOMINICA
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