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Parrot thought to be extinct rediscovered 100 years ago. What came next is a tragedy we must not repeat

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Exactly 100 years ago tomorrow, a bird that had been relegated to extinction made a comeback. The exquisitely beautiful paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a grazier from Gayndah in Queensland's Burnett district, on December 11, 1921.

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