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The international trade in parrots is a lucrative enterprise, and forms an important part of the international wildlife trade. As parrots have become increasingly endangered, many countries have placed restrictions on the trade and/or prohibited the trade altogether.
Tony Silva, also known as Antonio H. Silva (born 1960) is an American aviculturist and ornithologist, and the author of books and articles about parrots.From 1989 to 1992, he was curator of birds at Loro Parque, the largest parrot park in the world.
Over its nearly thirty-year span the Trust has raised some $2.0 M US and has used these funds to begin and support conservation and welfare projects in 43 countries for 70 species of parrot. [2] The Trust has expanded globally to include national branches in Africa , Australia , Belgium , Canada , Italy , Netherlands , Scandinavia , Spain and ...
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 ...
Had the request been approved Birds International would have been able to commercially trade the following birds: Goffin's cockatoo of Indonesia, yellow crowned amazon parrot of Central and South America, yellow headed amazon parrot of Central America, red crowned amazon parrot of Mexico, hyacinth macaw of Brazil, blue-throated macaw and red ...
Since that initial listing, continuing threats from international trade led it to add an additional 32 parrot varieties to Appendix I. [172] All other parrot species, aside from the rosy-faced lovebird, budgerigar, cockatiel and rose-ringed parakeet (which are not included in the appendices) are protected on Appendix II of CITES.
The grey parrot is listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora . This requires both that exports be accompanied by a permit issued by a national authority and that a finding be made that the export is not detrimental to the species in the wild.
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