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How to Catch Wild Quaker Parrots

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Summary: It is generally illegal to catch wild Quaker parrots or import wild birds into the United States due to the inhumane treatment of the birds. Avoid stressing or killing wild birds and simply visit a Quaker parrot breeder with tips from a parrot breeder in this free video on bird care.

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Joy Johnson has been breeding parrots of all types for more than 20 years and is an expert in their care. In addition, Johnson currently serves as the secretary of the prestigious...read more

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"Quaker parakeets to catch in the wild is now basically illegal. Quakers are not native to the United States and import of wild life birds to the United States has been banned. This is because that people who were catching the birds in the wild were using very cruel and inhumane manners to catch the these birds. They would rob the birds nest and and while feeding the baby birds they didn't know how to feed them or wasn't doing it properly, and they were aspirating them. Over fifty percent of the birds died. Many of the birds that was caught in the wild were stressed and they also died. The people that were catching the birds were doing it for the money. They cared nothing about the bird. Nor about their longevity into a society."

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