Of Parrots and People The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species

Name: Of Parrots and People The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species
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ISBN: 9780143115755

ISBN-10: 0143115758

ISBN-13: 9780143115755

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Authors: Mira Tweti

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There are an estimated 50 million parrots in the United States today. Their intelligence and extraordinary personalities make them beloved members of the families that bring them into their homes. In Of Parrots and People, award-winning journalist and long-time parrot owner Mira Tweti reveals the complex world of parrots—their astonishing intellect, often-intimate relationships with humans, and, unfortunately, the calamitous practices of the bird industry. Delving into the secret world of the global parrot trade, Tweti documents the forces driving these remarkable creatures to the brink of extinction. A critical addition to the popular shelf of books about animals and their behavior, Of…

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List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/28/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction



Bird Brains



Parrots and Parronts



No Joy: The Crisis of Unwanted Birds



Naturalized Psittacines: America's Avian Immigrants



From the Wild Life to Captive Breeders: The Legal Parrot Trade in the United States



Death Row and a Death Row Reprieve: The Notorious Scudder's Parrot Depot and the Stellar Cockatoo Rescue



A Bird in a Cage Is Worth Two in the Bush: The Illegal Trapping and Wild Harvesting of Parrots Around the Globe



Smuggling



The Invisible Man



A Brazilian Journey with Global Parrot Conservationist Charles Munn



The Journey Continues to the Rarest Macaws in the World, Lear's and Spix's



Repercussions, Ramifications, and Solutions


Acknowledgments


Author's Note


Index