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From: dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark)
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Subject: Re: PARROT ADVICE NEEDED!
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My advice on parrots is to watch them in the wild.  Spend the money that you
might spend on buying one on a trip to Costa Rica, to watch the Scarlet
Macaws and various Amazons at Carrara Biological Reserve; or to New Guinea to
watch Eclectus parrots where they belong.  If you have ever seen a
flock of hundreds of Red-fronted Amazons flying 2-by-2 over the forests of
Tamaulipas, then it is very unlikely that you would enjoy seeing them caged.
And after you have made your trip, give future parrot purchase money
to the Nature Conservency or other organizations working to preserve the
rainforests.