By supporting people like you have helped with the rescue of thousands of parrots birds from the trade. But the work is not done the parrots need your help. <br />The international trade in parrots is a lucrative enterprise, and forms an important part of the international wildlife trade. As parrots have become increasingly endangered, many countries have placed restrictions on the trade and/or prohibited the trade altogether. Despite the restriction on trade in many countries however, the market still operates both legally and illegally.<br />Approximately 2,600 of the more than 9,600 species of birds in existence are subject to trade, and 20% of these species belong to the order Psittaciformes (parrots). In 2009, 3.9% of households in the United States owned birds, which equated to 11,199,000 pet birds in total and 75% of these belonged to the Psittaciforme order.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Fr6g8uqyg&t=97s
