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Martina Beckmann

I grew up in the Baden Region of Germany and have had a loving relationship with animals since early childhood. As a little girl I was already fascinated with parrots. Yet, I always knew that I would never be able to offer these wonderful animals a life worth living on my own. I simply lacked the expertise, did not have the room or support to engage in this time consuming hobby. However, fate eventually intervened, and I met the man who is now my husband. In our initial conversations, we ended up talking about parrots. Just 14 months later, we exchanged rings and began our lives as “rooster and hen.” At the time, my husband had been keeping parrots for 20 years already and we built our breeding facility step by step. Although my husband has taught me a lot about our past time, I am amazed, time and again, how much I still don’t know, and I am learning more every day. Given that I had an increasing notion to document our collective knowledge, I encouraged my husband to go ahead with this project and so, finally, we wrote this book as a team effort.