310 Blue-fronted Amazons confiscated in Argentina

[Christinenc2000]

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310 Blue-fronted Amazons confiscated in Argentina

 

[Terry57]

This is so heartbreaking and infuriating. I'm so glad there was a sanctuary for them to go to.

 

[Aquila]

This breaks my heart! Poor little babies!

 

[Mariar]

Omg that's so sad!!!! At least they were in box s and not water bottles. What's wrong with people!

 

[Birdman666]

Hopefully they can wean them, and still release them back into the wild.

That's an entire generation of birds removed from the wild.

 

[Birdman666]

What's wrong with people!

In these countries?!

They're dirt poor, without education, and have little opportunities, or hope, so they do what they can to make money without regard to the ethics or consequences to the natural world.

 

[JerseyWendy]

People continue to disgust me! I'm happy to hear those smugglers were caught. How many don't get caught?

UGH! Those poor, poor babies!! I, too, genuinely hope they can somehow be released back where they belong!

 

[Scott]

Unbelievably sad, and tragic if they don't all survive. Hopefully they will recover and be released back to their environment - if they can reintegrate successfully.

I understand Mark's observations having read Howard Voren's "Jungle Birds in the Living Room." For the poorest of central/south America's folks, any resource that can be captured and sold will be marketed. I doubt they have the same reverence towards these helpless parrots as we do, and it is a shame this is borne of scant economic opportunities. FTR, none of the above condones this grim discovery; understanding does not equate with acceptance.

 

[Birdman666]

understanding does not equate with acceptance.

Agreed.

I'm not making excuses for them. But I've lived in Venezuela, Columbia, Brasil, and Peru... and I've traveled to several places in Central America.

If you've seen it first hand, you wouldn't have to ask why they do what they do...

It doesn't mean we can allow them to destroy what's left of the wild world... BUT...

Until these people have other viable options, they'll continue to do it.

That's just a grim reality.

 

[Hawk]

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310 Blue-fronted Amazons confiscated in Argentina

I got all my swearing and cussing out before I made this post
because it makes me so darn angry. Problem is, in a months time
they are back at it.

I was in south America this past summer, don't want to even
begin to talk about some things I seen while there. I'll just
start cussing again!

 

[Kiwibird]

Absolutely awful, and even more incomprehensible because they were unweaned babies. How could these monsters rip them from their nests? And imagine all those distressed parent birds out there who's babies are all gone!

 

[Hawk]

understanding does not equate with acceptance.

Agreed.

I'm not making excuses for them. But I've lived in Venezuela, Columbia, Brasil, and Peru... and I've traveled to several places in Central America.

If you've seen it first hand, you wouldn't have to ask why they do what they do...

It doesn't mean we can allow them to destroy what's left of the wild world... BUT...

Until these people have other viable options, they'll continue to do it.

That's just a grim reality.

I agree as well, I was down there this past summer for a company
and will say, they will continue until they have other options to make money and survive. And it's not just the Amazons as pictured here, it's any
species they get their hands on. The ones that die before they are sold
are eaten as food. It's heart breaking. That why, no matter how much my parrots bite, I will still want them and care for them. Because at this rate,
there won't be any parrots left in next 50 to 100 years.

 

[Taw5106]

I hate to be negative, but I think a high number of these babies will not make it. I say that with tears because the ones trying to transport them, wow look at how many. None of them had interacted with a Mom or feeding source, pretty much a death sentence. That's where my tears started.

In 3rd world countries, there can be a way to sell to get the basics and feed human families. It's a 2 edge sword. Not promoting what the original confiscated babies were, I hate it, but I've seen the reality too.

 

[Lullx]

Oh my goodness! Those poor babies!

I thought the title was bad enough until I saw the picture... Most of those birds are what... A few weeks old? Poor babies don't even have their feathers in yet!

Does this mean they were taken from their nests? ):
Their parents must be devastated to have their babies stolen away like this.

 

[WilliamKenyon]

so sad that they are mostly babies . because they are not even weaned yet they are probably very undernourished as they have not had their usual hand rearing formula or wild food at the correct times. the good thing about this is that these birds being only babies can be reintroduced into the wild. thanks for sharing anyway.

 

[Hawk]

Oh my goodness! Those poor babies!

I thought the title was bad enough until I saw the picture... Most of those birds are what... A few weeks old? Poor babies don't even have their feathers in yet!

Does this mean they were taken from their nests? ):
Their parents must be devastated to have their babies stolen away like this.

Unfortunately, yes they take them from the nest, or if unreachable, they cut the tree down and gather the ones that survive the fall.

Like mark ( Birdman) , I've been down there as well this past summer. If he's like me, it's rather hard to describe the scene, How do you explain it.
horrifying! There are towns, if you call them that, that are pretty poor. They do what they do to survive. Including eating the parrots.

I don't even want to begin to tell you what they do with Greys over in Africa, I don't even want to go there. You can't begin to fathom it. Incredibly sad.