Saving Yellow-naped Amazon Parrots in Nicaragua - ENGLISH

Paso Pacifico's latest educational video, Lora Nuca Amarillo (Yellow-Naped Parrot) addresses the serious problem of parrot poaching in Central America. Though once abundant in tropical rainforests, the illegal pet trade and habitat destruction have caused Yellow-Naped Amazon numbers to rapidly diminish. This video, completed in January 2009, will be screened nation-wide throughout Nicaragua in an attempt to educate Nicaraguans about the threats these parrots face, increase conservation efforts, and improve local attitudes towards wildlife.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Amazon parrot
• Nicaragua
• conservation
• wildlife
• local communities
• grass-roots
• bird
• parrot
• poacher

[EZEJFKEZE]

This is very simple; poachers should be executed.

[californiaflocks]

Most pet parrots outnumber wild counterparts. However it shouldn't be this way. Most amazon parrots alone which exist from central Mexico and down to Argentina are on a rapid decline.Foods they eat are different then our pet's food,wings and muscles probably stronger from flying more and beak pressure may also be stronger from cracking more nuts -not eating as much soft foods. Studying their wild lives can ignite an interest in them that may lead tou to never want to see them caged up again.

[iiHoshizuki]

im from nicaragua :D but she say it like a white person >:o probably cuz she is :\

[TanyainWyoming]

I inherited a YNA last summer when her 90+ year old owner died. Crunch is 47 years old and a sweetheart. She had spent over 20 years without coming out of her cage, but now she is coming out and learning to play. She was wild caught and bought by a cop in Miami back in the 1960s. It's so sad these birds are being sold. They belong in the wild!

[MoneyVideoz]

Damn, I have one as a pet, Didn't know they were endangered + My bird is very happy and i spend alot of time with him (7 months old)

[djmz1969]

I'm from Nicaragua, naturalized here in the states. This makes me very sad because they are just beautiful birds, once they are gone they we learn to appreciate the things we have. Sad. :(

[sjlove2bird]

This is good. I lived in Nicaragua for a while. Everyone tells me they used to be commons but now "se acabo" (they are gone). They still sell them on street sides. It's sad.