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• W2602422981 abstract "What makes the ASCS Halfmoon Project unique isn't the structure of the consortium nor the species being bred. Indeed, the pet trade almost regards Halfmoons as a junk species, and the zoological community has had great successes in organizing group efforts based on the consortium concept. What sets the ASCS project apart is that this appears to be the first time a small, local bird club has taken on a project of this magnitude. The project is intended to maintain a viable , genetically diverse population of Halfmoon Conures in captivity over a minimum period of SO years. During this period we hope to supply surplus birds for the pet trade and interested aviculturists who wish to work with this species outside of the closed population under consortium management. In spite of numerous ' ' interesting challenges that have included both avian TB and macaw wasting syndrome, in just over a year the project has gone from brainstorming sessions to producing its first offspring. Probably the best place to begin is with a bit of background on ASCS, then answering the obvious questions of ' 'Why Halfmoon conures? and ''What's a consortium? Arizona Seed Crackers Society is a small, local bird club that meets monthly in Mesa , Arizona . The membership is around 100, consisting primarily of backyard breeders who take a viculture seriously even though it isn 't a major part of their income. ASCS does care about conservation and, as a club, began to feel the need to ''do ourselves rather than simply raising money for someone  else to throw at the problem. Some things were obvious from the beginning. No one in the club is a competent field biologist, few if any members could afford to travel out of the country to do field work, but most members had experience raising small hookbills. A long-term breeding program seemed the ideal choice as something ASCS could do that would utilize the experience and abilities of its members. The only role models we could find were the AFA Red Siskin project and the AAZP A Cuban Amazon Consortium. We borrowed heavily from the Cuban Consortium in structuring our group and how it would operate, then began the task of determining a species to be the subject of our efforts. We finally settled on the Halfmoon Conure Aratinga canicularis clarae. We considered a number of factors in choosing the Halfmoon Conure, particularly the A. c. clarae subspecies as our subject. We wanted a species that was common enough to be available, yet rare enough to have an uncertain future in American aviculture. We did not limit our consideration to those species immediately challenged by dire threats in the wild. Price of initial stock was also a consideration as we were and still are operating with limited funds. Obviously the cheaper the bird, the more we could afford. We felt it mandatory to select a species that at least some members had direct experience with breeding, just as we felt the selected species must be one with which we stood a reasonable chance of successful breedings. We felt we had to choose a species that would allow as many members as possible to participate, that is we ruled out anything with unusual dietary or maintenance requirements as well as particularly loud species. Many of our participants, for instance, could not accommodate a breeding pair or p_airs of large macaws without seriously offending the neighbors. We contemplated African finch species, Gold-capped Conures, Redthroated Conures, Sierra Parakeets, parrotlets, Goffin's Cockatoos and a few other suggestions, but finally determined the Halfmoon Conure came closest to meeting our requirements. We felt we didn't have sufficient experience nor interest among our membership to work with the finches, nor enough room and money for cockatoos. Some of the parrotlets appeared to be at least barely established, others unobtainable. Several of our members had experience with Halfmoon Conures, and a few still worked with the species. We also noticed a few more things about Halfmoons. They have lost popularity in the pet trade, being displaced by more colorful and more glamorous species such as suns and jendays. Halfmoons are also a popular species with the smugglers; there are usually a number of Halfmoons available at auctions when USDA sells confiscated birds. An examination of the literature from years gone by revealed the Halfmnoon's popularity when huge numbers were legally imported from Mexico, and most authors were quick to praise the species' pet qualities. When Mexico halted exportation, other inexpensive species were imported to fill the void in demand but few aviculturists took an interest in breeding Halfmoons. The result has been a steady decline as the years have gone by. The ASCS Consortium has found that price averages around $100.00 per bird, and that stock is available periodically if one is willing to hunt for it. While A. c. clarae doesn't appear to be facing serious threats in the wild at this time, no one knows what the future holds. In captivity, we feel our consortium will be the determining factor that ensures long-term survival of this species in the U.S. Once we have obtained enough founder stock and generated enough first generation pairs to bring our total population up to a stable size, we expect to generate surplus birds yearly. We expect to sell this surplus into the pet trade to help fill a market demand that is currently being met, at least in part, by smuggled birds. Having covered a little background on ASCS and why Halfmoons? the next areas to address are ''What is a consortium? and How can other groups start one? A consortium is basically a cooperative group effort towards a common goal. In the case of the ASCS Halfmoon Project, the Consortium is a little bit like a corporation wholly owed by the club and operated as an independent subsidiary. ASCS owns the initial founder stock and the Consortium, the Consortium owns half the progeny. The Consortium is operated and managed by its participants rather than the ASCS Board of Directors. Participants elect  a management group who makes decisions regarding the operations of the project. All birds in the population are under the direct control of the management group, though participants are free to do as they wish with their share of the offspring. This is perhaps the most critical issue to the successful management of a captive population. The population must be group owned rather than being a collection of privately owned birds." @default.
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