Defenders of Wildlife
Parrots
Defenders focuses international efforts on Latin American parrot species including the military macaw and scarlet macaw.
All 22 Mexican species are at risk; 11 species are classified as endangered, 7 as threatened and 4 as under special protection. The foremost threats parrots face are loss of habitat and illegal trapping for the pet trade.
Approximately 75 percent of captured parrots die before reaching the consumer, which in Mexico translates to roughly 50,000 to 60,500 annually. Between 80,000 to 90,000 parrots are poached on an annual basis in Peru.
Defenders' Impact
In 2007 we published a landmark report on the illegal parrot trade that was used by the Mexican Congress to reform the Wildlife Law to ban all trade of parrots.
Illegal trade has since decreased by 32%. Our international efforts helped get many endangered species of parrots, including the yellow-crested cockatoo, yellow-headed parrot and the African grey parrot uplisted to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that bans international trade.
Since 2013 we’ve helped in the protection of military macaw nests in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico achieving the highest productivity of fledgling chicks. From 2014 to 2018, we helped in the release of 189 scarlet macaws in the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, which is now the second-largest wild population in Mexico.
In 2020 we helped create an alliance of parrot researchers and NGOs called Loros Sin Fronteras (Parrots Without Borders) to fight illegal trade of parrots in Mesoamerica."
I know there is a huge problem with nest raiding of quaker parrots , as they nest communal . These illegal , stolen from the wild nest babies end up in tge Florida pet trade. I've seen on Craigslist over 200 babies stuffed in a barrel and being sold cheap of course as unweabed tuny babies. It majes you sick to see....Miami is a hotbed in illegal parrot trade.
Parrots
Defenders focuses international efforts on Latin American parrot species including the military macaw and scarlet macaw.
All 22 Mexican species are at risk; 11 species are classified as endangered, 7 as threatened and 4 as under special protection. The foremost threats parrots face are loss of habitat and illegal trapping for the pet trade.
Approximately 75 percent of captured parrots die before reaching the consumer, which in Mexico translates to roughly 50,000 to 60,500 annually. Between 80,000 to 90,000 parrots are poached on an annual basis in Peru.
Defenders' Impact
In 2007 we published a landmark report on the illegal parrot trade that was used by the Mexican Congress to reform the Wildlife Law to ban all trade of parrots.
Illegal trade has since decreased by 32%. Our international efforts helped get many endangered species of parrots, including the yellow-crested cockatoo, yellow-headed parrot and the African grey parrot uplisted to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that bans international trade.
Since 2013 we’ve helped in the protection of military macaw nests in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico achieving the highest productivity of fledgling chicks. From 2014 to 2018, we helped in the release of 189 scarlet macaws in the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, which is now the second-largest wild population in Mexico.
In 2020 we helped create an alliance of parrot researchers and NGOs called Loros Sin Fronteras (Parrots Without Borders) to fight illegal trade of parrots in Mesoamerica."
I know there is a huge problem with nest raiding of quaker parrots , as they nest communal . These illegal , stolen from the wild nest babies end up in tge Florida pet trade. I've seen on Craigslist over 200 babies stuffed in a barrel and being sold cheap of course as unweabed tuny babies. It majes you sick to see....Miami is a hotbed in illegal parrot trade.