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Only a few would announce the 

 existence of these birds in their col- 

 lections. My hat goes off to you...that 

 took a lot of guts. 



So, there are maybe five or six pairs 

 in captivity around the world, about 

 nineteen in the zoo in the country of 

 origin, and a few in pet homes, as 

 single birds, in the country of origin. 

 I Should mention that there are sev- 

 eral hundred dead ones in the 

 museums around the world that have 

 been shot by ornithologists but, I am 

 sure they would not have bred any- 

 way, right? In any case, none have 

 been bred in the country of origin, 

 none have been bred by the pet 

 owners, but many have been bred by 

 the "collector" who managed to get 

 them. Yes, you heard me right, many 

 have been bred in captivity. Docs this 

 justify conservation? I say, "hell yes." 

 The world's population of this species 

 has been almost doubled by the few 

 pairs that are in the hands of the 

 breeders. One point for aviculture! 



How about the Blue-throated ma- 

 caw from Bolivia? A few years ago 

 they were extremely expensive to 

 purchase because they were so rare in 

 captivity. Now, thanks to captive 

 breeding they arc available and are 

 not much more expensive than the 

 common Blue and Gold Macaw. An- 

 other point for aviculture! 



Blue-throated Conurcs, Crimson- 

 bellied Conurcs, Hoffman's Conure, 

 Queen of Bavaria Conure, Cuban 

 Amazon, Vinaccous Amazon, Hya- 

 cinth Macaws, Ducorp's Cockatoos, 

 White-cared Conurcs, all arc now 

 available as captive bred birds from 

 many breeders across the world. 

 There are upward of 200 spedcs 

 available from breeders somewhere. 

 Captive breeding is working. It is 

 "keeping free from depiction" those 

 birds that are in need of help. It even 

 helps to conserve wild flocks. If 

 breeders can buy captive bred birds 

 from other breeders they will not 

 need to look to the wild for any more 

 birds. So, I guess conservation in the 

 wild and captive breeding do have 

 something in common- Why then is 

 it so difficult to get the two groups to 

 work together? Why docs our own 

 govenunent pass stupid laws like the 

 "Wild Bird Conservation Aa of 

 1992" and make it so difficult to 

 import captive bred birds from other 



breeders? 



It appears that many laws are being 

 passed that are contrary to conserva- 

 tion. Some of this can be blamed on 

 ignorance, but some of it is, beyond 

 any doubt, due to some type of hidden 

 agenda. Someone doesn't want birds 

 bred in cages. These same people 

 believe that cyfinction is part of the 

 natural order and should not be 

 interfered with. I am sure glad these 

 same people arc not in charge of 

 finding a cure for the many illnesses 

 that plague mankind. We would all 

 be doomed to die an early death. 



Conservation and aviculture can 



work together. If we must view the 

 world as two separate "groups," those 

 born in captivity, and those born in 

 the wild, then so be it. But, at the same 

 time we cannot allow someone to stop 

 captive breeding or there will only be 

 one group that remains, the most 

 vulnerable group of all. Why can't 

 conservation be content to know that 

 the bird does in fact, live, breath, and 

 breed in a cage somewhere in the 

 world? In the end there will be no 

 habitat to release any wild animals 

 into. It will be as absurd as a release 

 program for Tigers in downtown Los 

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