Where the Wild Greys Are - Grey Parrot Conservation, Part 3

Tens of thousands of Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) are still trapped for the pet trade each year. To learn more about their lives in the wild and what is being done to protect the wild Greys, visit www.parrots.org/savethegreys.
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[@davidjones6128]

If you still buy them, nothing can stop this.

[@kikuthebird]

this video really disturbed me. i feel mercy for these birds.....

[@pacotheafricangrey1449]

It makes me sad to see this.... It startet like a normal day in their life. And it ends in Chaos and fear....my 24 years old Paco was also a bird, which was caught in Cameroon.... If I see this, it his hard to imagine, how this bird can find trust in a human again.... But I am happy, that she has a good life now.

[@pacotheafricangrey1449]

Now she is 26 Years old and still with me.

[@WorldParrotTrust]

I think you'll find that there are very few grey parrots, or parrots at all, in zoos. These birds were and are being trapped for the pet trade. In the past, they were mostly going to Europe, but now that they have banned all wild bird imports, they are going to the middle east and Asia primarily.

[@tomschaffner9704]

Dame comies

[@WorldParrotTrust]

It's true that we're creating much of the demand in the first world, thus captive bred birds as pets are better than wild caught. While a handful of trappers are indeed trying to 'feed their families' that doesn't make their trapping sustainable or acceptable. We need to both eliminate the demand and provide them with viable and sustainable alternatives, otherwise we'll surely fail.

[@martinsmith5150]

dont buy wild caught birds in the first place

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

I wish the owners of Gizmo and Apollo would watch this and give their honest reaction to this video.

[@WorldParrotTrust]

Thanks, we agree it's important for people to understand how this works in reality, disturbing as that may be. Is there hope?? Absolutely!! Since making this video and launching a campaign in the EU urging them to stop imports (90% market share and about 2 million birds a year), they have now permanently banned the importation of all wild birds!!! Lots of people worked hard on this, but this change has spared over 10 million birds already!

[@alexp9781]

12 years have passed, do you have any good news and updates about the changes, like if trapping has stopped altogether or been reduced to an absolute minimum, or how the wild population has been able to rebound?

[@WorldParrotTrust]

@@alexp9781 We’re seeing positive signs in a number of areas, and things are very much headed in the right direction. However, it’s too early to say if wild populations are rebounding and there is still a worrying amount of trapping and trade in some areas, often serving local rather than international markets.

[@WorldParrotTrust]

Pets are not the problem, and millions of people's lives are enriched by responsible pet keeping. Just think twice about what pet is suitable for you and where you get it, then both of you will enjoy your lives together.

[@giselawmehler]

Those poor sweet souls

[@jettscream]

humans are always bastards always greed im ashamed to be human

[@amydason9332]

Oh stunning birds ! Oh GOD IS GREAT! Amen🕊

[@HunterZim68]

this is hard to watch

[@MsSSnow]

Thank you for the very rare clips of african greys in the wild.

[@amainh]

They could at least treat the parrots with some respect.

[@nightforest355]

I agree w u

[@jettscream]

@@nightforest355 the greedy fuckers will fall soon dont worry my lord jesus and my greys tell me amen

[@AnneLien1987]

I don't have words for people like you.

[@DuramaxL5P]

This breaks my heart

[@rainforesttelevision]

those men capturing the sacred birds have lost touch with their HIgher Selfs

[@seattlegrrlie]

Might find disturbing? If you don't find those sweet birdies screaming upsetting, there's something wrong with you.

[@juanra85]

This is EXTREMELY disturbing... but it's necessary to show this... The problems are rooted so deep though, it's hard to see hope. Sustainable development must be fostered in these African nations, and the "educated" developed nations must stop importing them. Is there any hope??

[@SessaFrost]

That doesn't matter Lucky, these animals are wild, and parrots are known for stressing out ESPECIALLY Grey's. It could be a Grey per cage, and that wouldn't change the fatality rates. What kills them is the stress from unfamiliar territory and they stop eating and die...

[@Drugdlr4u]

As I sit here in my computer room, with my CAG on my shoulder, as she is eating from my mouth...... I am so saddened to see this!!! My CAG has know complete flight and free reign of her home. Unfortunately, I have 2 dogs and ceiling fans in my home and "Piper" has gotten very good at flying into and onto places that aren't safe for a loved captive bird. She had her 1st wing clipping about a year ago, and I've been keeping them maintained...... She is a "red factored" grey, and I love her!!!!

[@jettscream]

love to you ours have no feet and we love them as equals

[@dakidmark90]

they snapped that greys neck did you see when a grey was coming out the box and they put the wood right on top of its neck

[@jettscream]

dont care bastards

[@NabeelAhmed-ln3fw]

sad video. good research.

[@juanra85]

Can you do something similar for the Yellow Nape parrot in Central America?

[@nettyspyder]

one thing i did not understand is how they are caught? how did they do that? and why? because of money? thats pity :(

[@phoenixsoul06]

This have to change.

[@shabbeerahmed9765]

Which place is this why people are talking parrots

[@lionzion22]

@SessaFrost You say this, yet without wild caught African Greys (not all of the wild catching is done by Cameroonians), you would not have a "Ceritified American Bred African Grey". Odd isn't it?

[@acpren]

@rescuealex hi. I`m not wishingto slam you, but consider that while you think you rescued the bird, the shop owner merely regards it as turning over his inventory. So the trap cycle continues, does it not?

[@jettscream]

only if its wild birds that replace

[@lehane56]

cant believe this ,how bad this is, how can we let this happen we should ashamed of yoourself

[@kingreyes7917]

i sought a small flock of African Grays in Florida, i also sought a small flocks of Budgies, Ring necks and Macaws, Florida has couple of wild parrots, they looks so beautiful when they are in the wild, free =D

[@ninawernick6501]

you set a whole bunch of semi-domesticated birds free? Cat food. Run over by cars. Starved to death. Or, in the case of ring necks, now an invasive species killing off local birds. Well done you! Such beautiful corpses. Here's hoping you're a troll.

[@ichkeriec1]

hey the should be some kind of big organisation to bad the trade of parrots!!!

[@SilverPaladin]

No, they shouldn't. But you can't release a bird that you have owned for years back into the wild and expect it to fully thrive and live, if that is what you were trying to say.

[@africanchildswordbearer9705]

Read a book on birds beautiful majestic creatures smartest animals alive too,parrots and macaws

[@christopherbell7109]

i have an african grey parrot that i had since he was a baby and he is silly tame now, but after seeing this i wish i never had him :(

[@osama2almousallam]

christopher bell i am sure he thinks the same about you

[@n.r.2162]

osama almousallam um...if he's not screaming, biting or yelling at you he probably loves you lots. Yes this looks terrible and I wish they would be nicer, so don't be like that, your parrot needs and wants you

[@BluBel123]

No wonder they died,they handle them roughly

[@truvelocity]

No buying wild caught anything, people.

[@Ranm00n27]

I hate people when I saw some thing like this 😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔

[@jettscream]

we are people we need wiping out

[@TanveerHassanISLAM]

an abysmal sight being witnessed,yet we are regarded as the most intellectual.feeble minds cannot possibly construe true nature.profitability has denigrated human souls and minds,thus the entrapment.

[@Pinkantu]

this is awful.. I am almost crying...

[@jolseen]

I agree wild caught parrots don't make good pets.

[@ericjkent]

@lionzion22 This comment is not true Granted the very first generation had to be wild caught from Africa but after that and it doesn't take long until there is no need to be involved in the Wild Caught Trade this problem does not appear to be Hopeless. Thank God The world without free flying Parrots would be a much less beautiful place to be in.We need reasonable people in this world today to work for change before it is too late.

[@MegaRainbow12345]

Leave the birds alone

[@meeraaa.x]

this video made me cry!! I hate people that do this!!!!!! :@

[@SessaFrost]

...*hugs her Certified American Bred African Grey* If people just bought local birds instead of buying wild birds then this crap wouldn't happen anymore. I agree, that the import of wild parrot should be banned. These animals are essential to the wild, a 50% fatality rate is completely unacceptable, and inhumane.

[@marwanalaleem2719]

african is 1in the world..and is best

[@Parrotlet-chickens]

Cant even watch this

[@zebredpooding]

if people in europe and asia didnt ask for these birds, there would be no market. laws need to be passed. period. plus can you blame the humans that are trapping birds. they are so poor there. its a sad cycle.

[@freddievanniekerk4123]

Sad what humans do for money! !! These birds belong in the wild free....

[@lehane56]

I don't believe this and how bad this is WHY do we let this happen ,i fill ashamed ,

[@adamkhattou8694]

It's so bad😱😫

[@KamranKhan-wm6gi]

well, I have to admit i was pretty furious after watching this vid but then when my anger subsided I thought to myself, gee, this isn't the only species of animals that the humans have capture somehow in order to domesticate them. how do you think cats, dogs, cows, and plethora of other animals that we keep as pets of use for other things were captured?? This hardly seems like an issue anymore.

[@timjacquez]

+Kamran Khan The thing you fail to realize is that they were domesticated over thousands of years, and in much smaller numbers. There are species of parrots near extinction in the wild from the pet trade. There are areas in Africa where wild populations of the African Grey (the birds in the video) have been reduced by 99%. If this seems like it's not an issue, then maybe you aren't using your critical thinking skills.

[@kinglear5952]

Cats and dogs have had highly symbiotic relationships with human beings for thousands of years. Wildcat populations and wolf populations are not being destroyed to cater for any current markets in pets. Also the level of time and tremendous expertise that it takes to keep a parrot is entirely different to a dog or a cat. Some of our interventions with pet mammals are morally wrong in their own ways. Great genetic harm is being done to cats and dogs by special fancy breeding of the animals.

[@zeliph]

At 1:20... um I have to say, something is ironic here. I don't know. Maybe because its similar to the slave trade. That is disappointing. Why can't they just breed the parrots and sell them as pets? Instead of treating the travel as a slave trade, where half of the birds die?

[@thecorncake21]

WHAT THE HELLL??!!!!

[@SilverPaladin]

Yes, cause the parrots and birds could definitely survive in the wild after being brought into the world by humans, and tamed by humans. Hell, why don't we just throw our cats and dogs into the wild too! They definitely would survive. (Sarcasm)

[@AnneLien1987]

I don't want to be racist, but these people just don't get it. They are cruel. They didn't have any form of education, they don't understand that animals AND BIRDS YES have feelings. They don't have a heart, only thinking about themselves. My husband was in this country and he saw what they do to animals (cows, birds, dogs, ..) and even he and his family were shocked. I don't have any form of respect form them. I love animals too much.

[@PaulsMom93]

I couldn't agree more

[@DeadlyChinchilla]

Those hunters are just poor locals who are trying to feed their families, like everyone else wants to do. How about you actually engage the brain-cells and encourage home-grown parrots be used as pets to reduce demand, rather than taking out your hate on locals in a horrid, 3rd World economy.

[@themalina92]

It is too bad that people think confining them in tiny cages to be kept as companion pets is a good thing as opposed to them being left with their own kind in their natural habitat. I am pretty sure that one day soon captive parrot breeding will be seen as cruel and will be outlawed. Most people can deal with an infant or toddler parrot, but once the hormones start raging is when the reality sets in and people start looking for crude ways to dispose of their "beloved" pets. Sad but true.

[@zoso70]

why not just have US breeders make it lees expensive to buy birds through them than from these people? Babies are better either way and everyone including the birds wins...I have a timneh grey US bred and born...I feel bad for him and he didn't lose his whole flock...ecotourism may help the birds or local peoples but the impact on the world to get there to look at a pond isnt worth it...really? tourism? are you serious? yes importation should be passed but travel isnt the answer!

[@thermiscira]

thats ridiculous,i thought the pet birds from the pet stores are breed in captivity,like in warehouses,wtf are they doing trapping birds who are born in the wild,thats so barbaric.whoever is ordering the birds from these poeple should be locked up.dam loosers

[@jasonhowes75]

this is sad guys need to stop

[@jimakooos]

yyes of course is soo wrong!!! :@@@ this kind of bird is parrot and you cant use it as food okayy??? they can eat fruits or something like!!! what other i will see on this planet!!!

[@Pinkantu]

Hmm i have an african grey how is handfeed that means that she is not scared of hands or human. If I would realse her in to the wild. She would not survive because my parrot has never been in to the wild. So she would die! And so will many other parrots if their owners are stupid enough to listen to the crap you are talking about. Because the "trolls" as you decribe them. Would not buy a bird that they dont know where it comes from or how the have breed them.

[@nash92]

This should be illegal

[@TEMNII]

((poorly((jako((

[@jellyfishsii]

I honestly don't care

[@jellyfishsii]

This is from 2 years ago hahahaha. Get a life man.

[@giselawmehler]

+jellyfishsii This is still going on!

[@timjacquez]

+jellyfishsii Then why comment? Go be edgy somewhere else, you silly emo fuckboy.

[@jellyfishsii]

HAHAHA silly emo fuckboy. "Here let me just grab from my bag of stock insults."