Lilac crown or Mexican redhead

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I mentioned releasing them in their natural range, not to climate they couldn't survive in and I didn't mean just opening the cage door and
letting them go. Any released parrot could be a target for predators but so are all wild birds.
I just feel like trying to reintroduce unwanted "used parrots" seems like a better option than the captive misery in which they merely exist. Maybe it can be done after a period in a rehab facility where their flight skills are allowed to develop in large aviaries and are introduced to conspecifics to see how they interact. This idea could be developed into an organized release program by trained wildlife experts.

In Colombia it was made illegal to own parrots.
I believe this was due to CITES regulations and
Only aimed at local parrots not cockatoos and
Such.
But my mother-in-law owned several amazons and was forced to give them up.
Supposedly they were to be trained how to live in the wild and released.

 

[Geslina]

I mentioned releasing them in their natural range, not to climate they couldn't survive in and I didn't mean just opening the cage door and
letting them go. Any released parrot could be a target for predators but so are all wild birds.
I just feel like trying to reintroduce unwanted "used parrots" seems like a better option than the captive misery in which they merely exist. Maybe it can be done after a period in a rehab facility where their flight skills are allowed to develop in large aviaries and are introduced to conspecifics to see how they interact. This idea could be developed into an organized release program by trained wildlife experts.

It would be so nice if this could be done. I would think certain birds might do well, but probably not the ones who were handraised or really bonded to humans. I wonder if anyone has ever tried anything similar. My solution to so many unwanted birds is to limit breeding, same with cats and dogs and rabbits etc. Not against all breeding, but I think you should have to have a license to do it, and there should be limits on how many each year. I think it’s reckless to keep pumping out more and more baby animals while so many are homeless or euthanized.

 

[Geslina]

In Colombia it was made illegal to own parrots.
I believe this was due to CITES regulations and
Only aimed at local parrots not cockatoos and
Such.
But my mother-in-law owned several amazons and was forced to give them up.
Supposedly they were to be trained how to live in the wild and released.

I wonder what the reason was for that law. Is it the same as some states here in the US where you can’t keep certain wild/exotics as pets? Your poor Grandma. I can see them having a law stopping people from acquiring parrots, but to make people give up the birds they already have seems cruel. My grandfather was South American, born and raised in Peru. His family had parrots when he was growing up, and here in the US as an adult, he had several Amazons, and a mynah, which is where I had my first experience with birds.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I agree. I do everything I can to keep my budgies from breeding. Hand raised human bonded parrots wouldn't do well in the wild. There are a lot of mature parrots that are unwanted that are not very tame or they probably wouldn't be homeless. I just wish there was some way they could be returned to the wild where they might have a chance at a better life. It breaks my heart to know how many magnificent parrots live miserable lives behind bars.

 

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I wonder what the reason was for that law. Is it the same as some states here in the US where you can’t keep certain wild/exotics as pets? Your poor Grandma. I can see them having a law stopping people from acquiring parrots, but to make people give up the birds they already have seems cruel. My grandfather was South American, born and raised in Peru. His family had parrots when he was growing up, and here in the US as an adult, he had several Amazons, and a mynah, which is where I had my first experience with birds.

This is just my guess.

The CITES (or however it’s spelled) law is global though I don’t think all countries agreed to it.

Colombia was more/less forced to sign onto it.
They had nothing in place to regulate or document if the parrots were captive bred or captured in the wild.
Too much chance of corruption and forgery.
Too easy to go out in the “wild” and poach young birds.
Easier to forbid all (endangered) parrot ownership.

If you live in Europe or North America poaching wild parrots is nearly impossible so only two sources captive bred or imported (legally or illegally).