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birds, both captive-bred and wild-caught. The WBCA has no impact 

 on birds bred within the U.S. and their export. 



Three years after the WBCA's enactment, it is working well to 

 achieve its intended purpose conserving birds in the wild. 

 Imports of CITES-listed bird species to the U.S. have declined 

 significantly. During 1994, 12,565 CITES-listed birds and 89,431 

 non-CITES-listed birds were imported into the U.S. while thus far 

 in 1995, 3,794 CITES-listed birds and 30,850 non-CITES-listed 

 birds have been imported into the U.S. The exemption process for 

 imports of birds for zoological breeding/display, for personal 

 pets, scientific research, and cooperative breeding programs is 

 operational and working. When regulations for the approval of 

 foreign breeding facilities and sustainable use management 

 programs are adopted, the number of birds, both wild-caught and 

 captive-bred, imported to the U.S. will increase. But that 

 increase will be because importations have been found not to be 

 detrimental to the species survival and providing for the 

 species' conservation in the wild. 



Since enactment of the WBCA, domestic breeding efforts for exotic 

 bird species in the U.S. have increased and a wide variety of 

 domestically-bred species is available. We acknowledge the 

 substantial contribution U.S. aviculturists can make towards 

 supplying the demand for pet birds to the American consumer. We 

 encourage them to participate in cooperative breeding programs 



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