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ProFauna Campaigns on Parrot Protection in Manokwari, West PapuanThousands of
parrots are caught from the wild in Papu and North Malukuto supply domestic and international illegal wildlife trade. In the 2001-2002
Flying without Wings report, the Indonesian wildlife protection NGO, ProFauna Indonesia (
www.profauna.org), revealed evidence that an average of 15,000
parrots were caught from the wild to supply the pet markets. Among the
parrots poached from the wild in West Papua are black-capped Lories (
Lorius lorry), sulphur-crested Cockatoos
(Cacatua galerita), Eclectus
parrots (Eclectus roratus), and rainbow Lorikeets (
Trichoglosus haematodus).