Links updated regularly

Here are some links to get you started!  We hope our research helps you in your endeavors helping parrots!  Please remember, whenever using other sources, ask for permission to use their material or for using their photography in your work.  Cover your legal bases!

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Here is a great link about how to ensure you are supporting parrots and not just giving money away to a "rescue" that is a flipper or hoarder:  http://www.avianwelfare.org/issues/sheltering.htm

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The Intelligence of Parrots:

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https:// www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/pets/parrots-smarter-dogs-134100278.html

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180703131208.htm

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2018/07/12/what-makes-parrots-so-intellegent/#6a60e70734e6

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Links about using a parrot in testimony below.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-murder-witnessed-family-parrot-appears-court-n691271

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https://thefrisky.com/5-times-animals-served-as-witnesses-in-criminal-cases-from-talkative-parrots-to-blood-stained-cats/

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The bird could not be sworn in as stated in the following article:

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https://www.inverse.com/article/34434-bud-parrot-don-t-shoot-murder?fbclid=lwAR26q5nH9-0d5Q9mYJE489yl4y4e8hWOBpFqoaV_ZFQSA5p_yGE2xpDPc8

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/teh-strange-tale-of-echo-the-parrot-who-saw-too-much

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Smuggling of birds see below:

https://www.audobon.org/magazine/fall-2018/meet-undercover-crime-unit-battling-miamis-black

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Be advised that some of the photos in the articles may be disturbing.  CITES is an international organization that is working diligently on catching smugglers.  While this is occurring, our focus is on improving Federal, State and local laws that protect the birds that are already in the U.S.  Nonetheless, this gives you an idea of how these birds are coming in, how much they are worth to a seller and because of this greed, rescues are over capacity helping these birds in need.   We support organizations who work towards catching smugglers.

 

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/indonesia-confiscated-some-200-pet-cockatoos-what-happened-to-them/?fbclid=IwAR3AiuyjvPJ0W0xoPSC5mOaQb28uA6F_bfpyiyOlmtB6p8H0_lNoavYtEfc

 

https://journals.tdl.org/watchbird/index.php/watchbird/article/view/2207?fbclid=IwAR0c1HGFn08jwEuAJ6CVDBzmANTOMoVXIXZPfur5emtJH8pAsK84pZq4FPA

 

https://awionline.org/content/bird-trade?fbclid=IwAR3akIHyiG3jNwZxL0wBM49g9xf1tMy_ir9iw3orMap30uh3BB2BJL14nXE

 

https://qns.com/story/2018/04/05/two-men-busted-jfk-illegally-smuggling-26-birds-use-singing-contests/?fbclid=IwAR3DMopIMrSQdaW6XkYdmrvVBytuQ33fZ2y-HN9AmN4YVBgNVwqJdhQG8ew

 

 

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fthenypost.files.wordpress.com%2F2015%2F05%2F540414547.jpg%3Fquality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%26w%3D618%26h%3D410%26crop%3D1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2015%2F05%2F07%2Fendangered-birds-stuffed-into-plastic-bottles-for-smuggling%2F&docid=yyhL1PQNKIpdeM&tbnid=gtGi0-DWpFlljM%3A&vet=1&w=618&h=410&hl=en-US&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim&fbclid=IwAR0oQpQqwVz1N0yLe_AXtu0ZLww_9nD5R-BJoVfeUcpiRL6hOeBAxjo5Uac

 

Bird Rescues in Need:

https://fox6now/2018/12/30/its-just-too-much-bird-rescue-center-in-waukesha-may-soon-be-in-need-of-rescue-itself/?fbclid=lwAR3_E0KIPZhhZEfWc2rZPldGlqct9kcLE-_qvkkm23OZVRcXf7kfoNtk_us

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Legislation on Animal Rights links:

 

http://avianwelfare.org/laws/StateLawMaps_BIRDS.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0w0nsLNLbDTEbu_5aYZiGDXdOxLaUjShGb49SfymMjDL7uCiPeZyOIjG0

 

http://avianwelfare.org/laws/index.htm?fbclid=IwAR00NYR2exRo-YlYCHThBmeOCph9JK3zgaEZLubmNjt8cgw_TPL8Ocv_wXc

 

Some of the links within the above site are no longer working, but some are. 

 

http://avianwelfare.org/laws/index.htm?fbclid=IwAR00NYR2exRo-YlYCHThBmeOCph9JK3zgaEZLubmNjt8cgw_TPL8Ocv_wXc

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Summary on Pet Shop Laws for each State:

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http://avianwelfare.org/laws/StateLawMaps_BIRDS.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0w0nsLNLbDTEbu_5aYZiGDXdOxLaUjShGb49SfymMjDL7uCiPeZyOIjG0