I AM AN OWNER OF MANY PARROTS, SOME ENDANGERED. I HAVE A 70 YEAR OLD AMAZON, WHOM I INHERITED. RAISED WITH MY CHILDREN, THE OLDEST CHILD 40 YEARS OLD. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO IMPORT PARROTS TO THE STATES WITHOUT LEGALIZATION LAWS. MY PARROT, WAS CAPTURED, HIS WINGED PINIONED. HE WAS USED AS BAIT . WHILE HE LAY THERE BLEEDING AND FLOPPING AROUND, THE REST OF HIS SPECIES WOULD FLY TO HIS RESCUE, AND THEN THEY WOULD NET THEM AND ILLEGALLY GET THEM INTO THE STATES . BY ALL MEANS, THE PARROT SHOULD HAVE DIED FROM LOSS OF BLOOD, BUT DID NOT, AND WAS IMPORTED ALSO. MY MOM WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET HIM, AND HE TURNED TO ME AT MY AGE OF 5. HE CANNOT FLY AND NEVER WILL. WE NEED TO STOP THIS KIND OF ABUSE WITH PARROTS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. PARROTS ARE VERY SMART, AND HE HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN IT WAS MEN WHO DID THIS TO HIM. HE DISLIKES MEN TO THIS DAY, BUT LOVES WOMEN. I TAUGHT HIM TO SPEAK FLUENTLY IN ENGLISH SENTENCES AND HE LOVES TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE. I WANT ALL THE PARROTS TO LIVE A LONGEVITY THEY WERE MEANT TO LIVE. PLEASE HELP. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LAW FOR THIS CRUELTY, IT IS STILL BEING PRACTICED AND NOT ENOUGH ACTION IS BEING TAKEN.
