Gail J. Worth and David A. Venanzi
have always loved
wildlife, both above and below the ocean. They learned to
scuba dive together in 1987 and have been married since 1989.
After
graduating with a B.S. in Biology, Gail relocated to
the Los Angeles, California area where she began an
exotic bird breeding farm. AVES INTERNATIONAL
was founded in 1977. For five years she operated an import
facility that supplied many birds for U.S. Zoological
Parks. After selling the import facility she concentrated on
domestic breeding . The collection currently numbers over 350
pairs
of mainly larger psittacines. Since 1986, Gail has produced the
Baby
Bird Calendar featuring her photographs of
adorable baby birds
(not currently in production).
She
has written a number of articles for national and international
bird periodicals.
Birds
raised at Aves International have been featured in
the movie "Paulie, A Parrot's Story" and on the television
program,
"Wild Things" on the UPN Network, as well as in television
commercials (remember the hornbill on the Yahoo commercial?).
Gail
has been a speaker at many national and international
avian conferences including those of the American Federation
of Aviculture, International Aviculturists' Society, Canadian
Parrot Conference, the Midwest Avian Research Expo, Aviculture
Society of America, the AVES Conference in Grafton, Australia,
and the
International Parrot Convention at Loro Parque, Tenerife, Spain.
Her
photographs have appeared in many national
and international publications. |