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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lorobolivia" data-source="post: 1979588" data-attributes="member: 91437">You have to understand that in all history of ornitology only in a very few isolated cases birds have been bred to be given back to nature. Bichos Damata in Brasil for example has released successfully more than 1000 parrots into the wild. Bichos Damata doesn´t breed or sell parrots!Another example is Codeff in Chile. They released more than 100 Choroys that have been ¨pets¨ before they got confiscated by police. Codeff is, like Bichos Damata, not in the business of breeding and selling birds.Bichos Damata and Codeff are only rehabilitating and releasing. The Choroy is a species in danger of extinction.Thanks to this release we can see in the South of Chile a rising number of Choroys flying free. We are convinced that this is the only way. Loro Parque in Tenerife is handfeeding chicks of the Spix Macaw what is a good indication that there is no willingness to give those birds back to where they belong. You probably know that the Spix Macaw is extinct in the wild. If you want to buy one, you need to contact loro parque, but you should be ready and willing to spent an amount with numbers of more than 4 zeros.</blockquote>