October 1, 2006
The horrors of wild bird
transport must be stopped!
Please help us make a difference by collecting signatures for our petition. All the time wild-caught parrots are allowed to be brought into Canada, the greater the responsibility we have for not only these birds, but all the birds resident in Canada who are at risk of being culled in a viral pandemic. Only about 20% of wild-caught birds survive the terrible journey – many with lifelong disabilities from traps and the “packing crates” (containing dozens and even hundreds of birds) used to bring them to North America.
The U.S. has had legislation against the importation of wild-caught birds since 1992. It’s time for Canada to do the same! Our petition is to be sent to the House Of Commons, to ask for legislation banning the importation of all wild-caught birds.
Please download the petition linked below (a version in Microsoft Word format will be made available shortly). You may download the free Acrobat reader here. The House of Commons will only accept paper-based petitions (on legal-sized or letter-sized paper), so we need your help to print and get as many signatures on these petitions as you can.
Once you have gathered your signatures, please mail them as quickly as possible to FLOPRS, Box 645, Coombs BC V0R 1M0. On behalf of the World Parrot Refuge and the World’s parrots, THANK YOU!
