Where is the individual among us who is seeing the pet trade remains alive by captive breeding facilities for the exotic birds or for that fact, conservation?   We, who do have breeding facilities have to make up for this loss or we huge problems ahead of us and I write this in hope the data speaks for itself  without my doing the ’scare tactic’.  I think we can  go forward in a positive direction for the Avianitarian and exotic birds. 

At this time, We are losing… If we do not have our facilities and our position regarding the captive breeding programs for these exotic birds,  how are we going to survive our future wildlife within our facilities by addressing ourselves as breeders? and our long time thinking that  breeders sticking to gether will prevail?  Nonsence.    However, Avianitarian covers specifically the needed attention for the laws already in place by CITES, USFWS, STATE AND LOCAL ORDINANCES REGARDING EXOTIC BIRDS SPECIFICALLY.

We must put ourselves within these agreements and become noted as we are the future for all of these birds with our facilities and our programs.    We did away with the importing, now lets give ourselves a brand to allow the world to know we are taking care…  and acknowledging our stand of who and what we do… not with dogs, cats, pigs and chickens…. take on and finish what CITES has started, lets complete the process  and work together. Read below and see Avianitarian  is the savoiur of the wild bird conservation, we who propagate.

Of course, we must see the value in us 

   study carefully the following with particular attention given to the birds that use to be imported and no longer imported into the U.S..  Also, have data for other countries given at the time of the Congressional hearings.

 

3. As James Leape of WWF stated in US Congressional hearings, between 1980 and 1991, the USA imported more than 7.4 million birds, primarily for the pet market. Assuming no change in demand since 1992, subtract 15% of those as captive bred, and factor the numbers for years 1992-2004, these figures predict that roughly 6,870,000 wild birds would have been imported during this period.  Conservatively estimating a 25% pre-import mortality caused by this harvest yields approximately 8,580,000 wild birds saved since the enactment of the WBCA.

 4. The Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 was passed with consensus votes in both Houses of the US Congress and signed into law by George H.W. Bush.

5. Recent post-capture mortality figures for the heavily traded African Grey Parrot are in the range of 60-66% for Nigeria (McGowan 2001), 50% for Guinea-Bissau (Clemmons 2003), and 40-50% for the Democratic Republic of Congo (Fotso 1998). Similar figures have been reported for a variety of Mexican parrots, with 49% of harvested bird dying prior to export (Iñigo and Ramos 1991).

6. Notable examples of countries, which no longer export their wild birds include Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mauritania, Panama, Sudan, and Uganda.  

AVIANITARIAN concept came from the meaning the  HUMANITARIAN.. how in the world could this be so bad for those of us who value our passion and the International Laws?  the association is warm, educational, looking out for,  welcomed, greetings, positive..humanitarian comes to our minds with regard to giving, taking care of with love and responsible means, obeying treaties in helping hands with one and the other on this earth.”

 

The purpose of the Act is to promote the conservation of exotic birds by:   assisting wild bird conservation and management programs in the countries of origin of wild birds; ensuring that trade in species of exotic birds involving the U.S. is biologically sustainable and is not detrimental to the species; limiting or prohibiting imports of exotic birds when necessary to ensure that wild exotic bird populations are not harmed by removal of exotic birds from the wild for trade, or exotic birds in trade are not subject to inhumane treatment; encouraging and supporting effective implementation of the Convention. § 4902.

“Selected Definitions.

Convention:  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Exotic bird:  any live or dead member of the class aves that is not indigenous to the 50 states or the District of Columbia, including any egg or offspring thereof, and does not include (i) domestic poultry, dead sport-hunted birds, dead museum specimens, dead scientific specimens, or products manufactured from such birds, or (ii) birds in the families phasianidae, numididae, cracidae, meleagrididae, megapodiidae, antidae, struthionidae, rheidae, dromaiinae, and gruidae.Import and importation:  to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Person:  any entity subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Qualifying facility:  an exotic bird breeding facility that is included in a list published by the Secretary under the Act. Secretary:  the Secretary of the Interior or a designee. Species:  a species, subspecies, or distinct population segment of a species or subspecies, including hybrids of a species or subspecies. U.S.:  the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. § 4903.

List of Approved Species.

The Act directs the Secretary to publish, by October 1993, and periodically thereafter, a list of species of exotic birds that are listed in an appendix to the Convention and not subject to an import prohibition or suspension under the Act. The list is to include species that are regularly bred in captivity, with no wild-caught specimens in trade, or are bred in a qualifying facility and non-captive bred species for which the Secretary determines the Convention is being effectively implemented. For each non-captive bred species, the Secretary must find that:   each country of origin for which the species is listed is effectively implementing the Convention; a scientifically-based management plan has been developed; the plan is being implemented and enforced; the methods of capture, transport and maintenance minimize the risk of injury and damage to health, including inhumane treatment. § 4905. “