“Under the regulation agreed today, only specific countries or regions which have already been approved to export live commercial poultry will be allowed to export captive birds to the EU”

Read the full article at http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11708674.htm

What this means for parrots? It used to be that wild parrots, illegally trapped could be imported and sold in the EU. There was a temporary ban on this until June 30th… now as of July 1st, it is law.

Even though this was done under fears of the avian flu, this is a significant, landmark decision. This means a smaller market for poached birds. Now birds will have to be genuine, captive bred birds. For conservation, this is amazing!