4,000 people arrested in 32 countries for wild bird trade

[Mortisha]

Agree pummelling people living in poverty is not helpful.

My reading is that they targeted traders higher up the food chain, the ones that arranged smuggling over country borders. I.e. they followed the money which makes more sense.

An accredited breeding scheme set up of the more common species would be are great little business that could give impoverished rural villages a way to make an income without decimating their forests. There are plenty of good business models like the Fairtrade setup.

That way you could educate the villagers on good husbandry, they would get a decent price and maintain good bird welfare standards.

[roma9009]

would be all positives. if this happened as well as looking after birds and people

[desertbirds]

4,000 people arrested in 32 countries for wild bird trad
by jnorriss on 28 Jul 2012, 19:43

I have a different take on all of this having lived and worked in third world countries around the world.


I agree whole heartedly jnorriss, i see third world conditions daily in my own town.