Rainforest birds are captured in places such as the Amazon rainforest, while they are bought and sold in the pet trade. Most rainforest birds are illegally captured from their homes from places such as the Amazon rainforest, while they are sold off into the illegal pet trade. The illegal pet trade doesn't just affect animals such as monkeys, it affects animals such as birds too. The illegal wildlife trade from the Amazon rainforest happens due to from a demand in places such as Europe, Asia and Africa, to acquire illegal animals. The wild species are often caught by indigenous peoples and sold off for money to people like farmers and cowboys. The wild species are then exported to places such as Europe, Asia and Africa and sold off to those who will sell the wild animals.
This causes a wildlife chain of illegal wildlife trafficking of many Amazonian wild animals, including birds. There are literally thousands of species of wild Amazonian birds who live in the rainforest. The Amazon rainforest covers several countries in South America, including Brazil, Peru and Columbia. It stretches over nine countries in total across South America, the vast majority of which is situated in Brazil. This is not just a problem which is linked to the Amazon rainforest, it is also linked to rainforests on the other side of the world. It also happens in places such as the Indonesian rainforest, where deforestation, poaching and the wildlife trade in Indonesia. Here many wild species of animals are often captured from their forest homes and sold off, this includes birds.
Here many wild species of animals are often captured from their forest homes and sold off, this includes birds. You can help stop this trade in wild rainforest birds by signing the Rainforest rescues petition. And, you can find out more about how wild rainforest birds are captured from the wild and sold, from the BBC's, Sold For A Song.