Blue-throated Macaw added to the Endangered Species list

[sssaucey]

For anyone interested in some other information about trying to save the spix macaw and the problems/ red tape that go with it, you should read the book called Spix's Macaw:The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird. It's a great book that goes through the problems of trying to breed and reintroduce a species to their natural home.

Also I believe now there are over 250 Spix macaws in captivity. The largest groups being kept at some nature park in Saudi Arabia. These birds are believed to be illegally sold to the man who owns the park, but because they cannot prove it nothing can be done.

But again it's a great book that explains the fascination have with keeping birds and how the most affected four are the blues, Hyacinth, Lears, Glaucous(extinct) and the Spix

 

[MonicaMc]

The law doesn't prevent you from owning a BTM as a pet, nor does it prevent you from transporting a *pet* BTM across state lines, as I understood it. However, you cannot buy a BTM across state lines unless it is with the intention of setting the bird(s) up for breeding, which has it's own set of laws.... or some odd nonsense like that.



There's a BTM in the local bird store here... apparently a guy bought the bird, returned it to the store because he was going through a divorce, then the bird was returned to him, then he wanted to rehome the bird yet again and someone told him not to put her on Craigslist or anything like that... thinking that someone may get the bird to have as a prize, or worse yet, that she'd end up in a rescue... I only know of two local rescues, and what little I know about them both appear to be great! Well, I do believe there are other people taking birds in, but they aren't necessarily rescues? I'm not sure....


Regardless, the BTM ended up back at the store, and I got the impression that a store employee (owner's daughter) would be taking the BTM or that she would be going to a close friend?




Not entirely sure how I feel about the situation considering all the talk/gossip these two people were doing... but eh, as long as she's cared for and loved, I suppose it's not my business! I don't know the bird at all, nor her owner(s)!