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Poached African grey parrots smuggled on Turkish Airlines flights
31 January 2019
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These parrots – one of the world’s most trafficked animals – are suffering terribly in the name of the legal and illegal wildlife pet trade
Our shocking video shows a poacher using a lure bird to trap wild African grey parrots.
Illegally trafficked African grey parrots:
- have their flight feathers brutally chopped off to prevent them from escaping
- are crammed into small, dirty containers
- have a mortality rate of 66% before they even reach transport planes
- suffer a life of misery, if they survive the journey
Because of this thriving illicit trade, wild African grey parrot populations have declined by as much as 99% in some areas.
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