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The Wild Bird Conservation Act (WBCA) [19] was enacted on October 23, 1992, to protect exotic bird species from international trade. The Act maintains that wild-caught birds may only be imported into the United States if they are produced in accordance with service-approved management plans for sustainable use of the species. [ 18 ]
Trade, export, and import of all wild-caught parrots is regulated and only permitted under special licensed circumstances in countries party to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) which came into force in 1975 to regulate the international trade of all endangered, wild-caught animal and plant species. In 1975 ...
The 1929–1930 psittacosis pandemic, also known as the psittacosis outbreak of 1929–1930 and the great parrot fever pandemic, [2] was a series of simultaneous outbreaks of psittacosis (parrot fever) which, accelerated by the breeding and transportation of birds in crowded containers for the purpose of trade, was initially seen to have its origin in parrots from South America.
International parrot trade; Metadata. This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
As a co-founder of Teyeliz, A.C. in Mexico, Cantú strives for the safety and conservation of Mexico’s parrot population. He wrote the 2007 report on the illegal trade of parrots in Mexico ...
The World Parrot Trust is an international charity dedicated to saving ... to help protect 89 species of parrot from habitat destruction and international trade. [3]
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (also known as CITES) has made the trapping and trade of all wild parrots illegal, because taking parrots from the wild has endangered or reduced some of the rarer or more valuable species. However, many parrot species are still common, and some abundant parrot ...
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