One thing that everyone who buys birds for pets can do to help eliminate the wild capture of exotic birds can do is this: ask to see documentation that the bird is captive bred, from captive bred parents. Do NOT purchase a bird from, or give your business to, anyone who cannot prove this.

If there is no demand for wild caught birds, the people who are now trapping them will have to stop, as there will be no market for their birds.

Everyone in the pet trade CAN make a difference, one sale, and one animal at a time.