Tuesday
Jul172012
Solomon Islands at centre of “captive breeding” shenanigans
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 0:18 
Thousands of Cardinal Lories and other native Solomon Islands birds were exported through falsely claiming them as captive-bredSingapore —Tens of thousands of wild birds exported from the Solomon Islands have been laundered into the global wildlife trade by declaring them as captive-bred, a new TRAFFIC study has found.
tagged Cacatua alba - Umbrella Cockatoo, Cacatua ducorpsii - Solomons Cockatoo, Cacatua ophthalmica - Blue-eyed Cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea - Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Chalcopsitta cardinalis - Cardinal Lory, Eclectus roratus - Eclectus Parrot, Lorius chlorocercus - Yellow-bibbed Lory, Lorius garrulus - Chattering Lory, Psittrichas fulgidus - Pesquet's Parrot, Trichoglosus haematodus - Rainbow Lorikeets | in Captive breeding, Conservation, Smuggling, Wild bird trade
Cacatua alba - Umbrella Cockatoo, Cacatua ducorpsii - Solomons Cockatoo, Cacatua ophthalmica - Blue-eyed Cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea - Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Chalcopsitta cardinalis - Cardinal Lory, Eclectus roratus - Eclectus Parrot, Lorius chlorocercus - Yellow-bibbed Lory, Lorius garrulus - Chattering Lory, Psittrichas fulgidus - Pesquet's Parrot, Trichoglosus haematodus - Rainbow Lorikeets | in Captive breeding, Conservation, Smuggling, Wild bird trade