An exotic trade
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Your support makes all the difference.* The UK is the biggest importer of parrots in Europe
* 250,000 exotic birds are smuggled illegally into the UK each year
* 2,600 species are traded internationally
* The main legally imported species into the EU are parrots and macaws (from South America); yellow-crested cockatoos (Indonesia); Spics Macaws (Brazil); African grey parrots; finches; weavers; abd red siskins
* The main illegally imported species are black cockateels (from Australia); owls (from Thailand); various birds of prey (from Arabic countries)
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