A green invasion? The ‘unstoppable’ rise of parakeets | What You Need To Know | ITV News


n the latest episode, Chris Choi tells Lucy Watson about the risk to native wildlife posed by the ballooning parakeet population and what conservationists are planning to do about it. He also takes her through the mythology surrounding the exotic bird’s presence in the UK – from Jimi Hendrix to The African Queen.

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3 Responses to A green invasion? The ‘unstoppable’ rise of parakeets | What You Need To Know | ITV News

  1. People brought them to Europe. Either they try to live with it or they bring them back from where they came from; not captivity though, but the region they originate from.

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