On 06-1895, KLAUS BOSCH wrote to KATHY JOHNSON:
 KB> This is Germany, Europe, hello! Please relate that I am not perfect
 KB> in English writing, at least I can read it... 
Wooowaah, Kathy! ... an European connection -- introducing new blood -- 
reducing imbreeding in our discussions!!  The fellow shows knowledge and 
great potential to teach us a few things to boot.
 KB> Since last week this BBS shows your PARROTS Board (only for me and
 KB> my wife, I suppose). We are delighted! Congratulations! That is what
 KB> aviculturists need.
Perhaps he has learned how to route mail to a different zone?  Germany is in 
zone 2.
Hope you can keep the connection open.  An E-mail address might be in order 
as a backup?
 KB> We are fans of amazons since many years and owned several birds, at
 KB> last a pair of Yellow fronted, which was in good breeding condition
 KB> and had already (infertile) eggs. According to the German laws we
 KB> were not allowed to breed parrots in our home without permission and
 KB> without quarantine room, so we had to give the birds away to a good
 KB> breeding station.
Hmmm very interesting ... hobby breeding doesn't easily exist in Germany.  
That might explain a lack of European magazines on Aviculture -- and why that 
couple from England at the Midwest Avian Research Expo (MARE) last year was 
so starved for information and amazed that in America we share so much ...
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