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  2. International parrot trade - Wikipedia

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    Captive blue-cheeked amazon parrots. 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. Despite the restriction on trade in many ...

  3. Species affected by poaching - Wikipedia

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    About 50,000–60,000, more than 75%, die before reaching customers. Between 2003 and 2006, Mexican wildlife officials did not issue permits for parrot trapping as legal permits provided cover for the illegal trade of poached parrots. Illegal trapping of wild parrots affects most of the 22 parrot species native to Mexico including: [15]

  4. Threatened in their homeland, feral Mexican parrots thrive on ...

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    Red-crowned parrots, whose home range is restricted to the lowlands of northeast Mexico, were first recorded in the Los Angeles area in 1963. Since then, the population has swelled to more than ...

  5. Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a 2,088-acre (8.45 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge situated along the banks of the Rio Grande, south of Alamo in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in Hidalgo County, South Texas. The wildlife refuge was established for the protection of migratory birds in 1943.

  6. Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a 90,788-acre (367.41 km 2) [2] National Wildlife Refuge located in the Lower Rio Grande Valley region of southern Texas. It is along the northern banks and reaches of the Lower Rio Grande, north of the Mexico—United States international border.

  7. List of Texas Wildlife Management Areas - Wikipedia

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    A wetlands area was created with water from the Colorado River that attracts migratory birds including bald eagles: Area 4 East Texas Conservation Center A TPWD Jasper Fish Hatchery that started in 1932. Area 3 Elephant Mountain WMA Brewster County: 23,147 acres Located 26 miles south of Alpine the land was donated in 1985.

  8. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge is a 44,414-acre (179.74 km 2) [1] wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), east of the towns of Angleton and Lake Jackson, Texas. It borders Christmas Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway , separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Follet's Island .

  9. Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is the largest protected area of natural habitat left in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The 120,000-acre (49,000 ha) refuge is located almost entirely in Cameron County, Texas , 25 mi (40 km) east of Harlingen , [ 2 ] although a very small part of its northernmost point extends into southern Willacy County .