POUL 1010E MAIN SET ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
dollar value of illegal wildlife trade and its value relative to other organized illegal trade -
✔✔$5 to $20 billion annually. It falls right behind the black marketing of drugs, weapons,
and human trafficking.
✔✔the threats to the United States from illegal wildlife smuggling - ✔✔1. threats to
environment
2. national security ( invasive/non invasive species)
3. Habitat destruction (leading threat)
4. Threat to the current bird population
5. disease to humans and other animal species (Bird flu, ebola, mokeypox)
✔✔who regulates the legal importation of birds? - ✔✔the Fish and Wildlife Service (true
or false question)
✔✔methods used by wildlife smugglers - ✔✔- USPS, FedEx, DHL (small % of
shipments actually inspected)
- Secret compartments
- Illegal species mixed with legal species
- Packaged in other misleading containers, such as plastic detergent containers
- Smuggling of collected eggs on humans in special clothes
✔✔define CITES and know its purpose - ✔✔Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species; an agreement that establishes international controls over trade in
wild plant and animal species that are threatened due to excessive commercial
exploitation. Only provides the framework for implementation; each party must adopt its
own domestic implementation.
-appendix 1 = most threatened with extinction
-appendix 2= highly controlled
-appendix 3= protection in at least one country
✔✔US version of CITES? - ✔✔Endangered Species Act
, ✔✔purpose of the AFA - ✔✔To represent all aspects of aviculture and to educate the
public about keeping and breeding birds in captivity. Defines anyone keeping exotic
birds in captivity as an aviculturist.
✔✔world (geographical) distribution of parrots in general terms - ✔✔Southern
hemisphere & tropics; most are found in South America and Australia.
✔✔Carolina parakeet range and extinction - ✔✔Most northern of any parrot
Extinct in 1904 due to habitat destruction, hunting due to being agricultural pests, and
for food and feathers.
✔✔distinctive anatomical features of parrots (foot arrangement, use as hands and beak
structure) - ✔✔Feet: Zygodactyl (4&1 toes backwards)
-Large parrots are slow or flightless, small parrots are faster
-Beak is used as a climbing tool
✔✔feather color of most parrots - ✔✔green
✔✔food source for lories and lorikeets - ✔✔pollen & nectar, supplemented with fruits
✔✔significance of parrots ingesting clay - ✔✔neutralizes toxins that are consumed with
their food; could also be a source of sodium that would otherwise be deficient in parrots
without the consumption of clay
✔✔parrot male & female relationship (role in family? monogamous or polygamous? -
✔✔Role: females incubate eggs, male gets food
long-term Monogamous
✔✔the main threat to parrots is man for pet trade and for food - ✔✔Man (for pet and for
food)
✔✔as a family, the high level of extinction and proportion of parrots threatened with
extinction - ✔✔19 extinct; 1 out of 4
✔✔things to consider before buying a parrot (type of parrot, commitment duration, and
cost) - ✔✔- Needs lot of attention and physical contact
- commitment; some parrots live 80-90 years
- costs can easily reach $10,000
✔✔the significance of closed versus open leg bands on parrots - ✔✔Closed leg band =
100% indicator the bird was born in captivity
open leg band = wild bird
SET A+
dollar value of illegal wildlife trade and its value relative to other organized illegal trade -
✔✔$5 to $20 billion annually. It falls right behind the black marketing of drugs, weapons,
and human trafficking.
✔✔the threats to the United States from illegal wildlife smuggling - ✔✔1. threats to
environment
2. national security ( invasive/non invasive species)
3. Habitat destruction (leading threat)
4. Threat to the current bird population
5. disease to humans and other animal species (Bird flu, ebola, mokeypox)
✔✔who regulates the legal importation of birds? - ✔✔the Fish and Wildlife Service (true
or false question)
✔✔methods used by wildlife smugglers - ✔✔- USPS, FedEx, DHL (small % of
shipments actually inspected)
- Secret compartments
- Illegal species mixed with legal species
- Packaged in other misleading containers, such as plastic detergent containers
- Smuggling of collected eggs on humans in special clothes
✔✔define CITES and know its purpose - ✔✔Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species; an agreement that establishes international controls over trade in
wild plant and animal species that are threatened due to excessive commercial
exploitation. Only provides the framework for implementation; each party must adopt its
own domestic implementation.
-appendix 1 = most threatened with extinction
-appendix 2= highly controlled
-appendix 3= protection in at least one country
✔✔US version of CITES? - ✔✔Endangered Species Act
, ✔✔purpose of the AFA - ✔✔To represent all aspects of aviculture and to educate the
public about keeping and breeding birds in captivity. Defines anyone keeping exotic
birds in captivity as an aviculturist.
✔✔world (geographical) distribution of parrots in general terms - ✔✔Southern
hemisphere & tropics; most are found in South America and Australia.
✔✔Carolina parakeet range and extinction - ✔✔Most northern of any parrot
Extinct in 1904 due to habitat destruction, hunting due to being agricultural pests, and
for food and feathers.
✔✔distinctive anatomical features of parrots (foot arrangement, use as hands and beak
structure) - ✔✔Feet: Zygodactyl (4&1 toes backwards)
-Large parrots are slow or flightless, small parrots are faster
-Beak is used as a climbing tool
✔✔feather color of most parrots - ✔✔green
✔✔food source for lories and lorikeets - ✔✔pollen & nectar, supplemented with fruits
✔✔significance of parrots ingesting clay - ✔✔neutralizes toxins that are consumed with
their food; could also be a source of sodium that would otherwise be deficient in parrots
without the consumption of clay
✔✔parrot male & female relationship (role in family? monogamous or polygamous? -
✔✔Role: females incubate eggs, male gets food
long-term Monogamous
✔✔the main threat to parrots is man for pet trade and for food - ✔✔Man (for pet and for
food)
✔✔as a family, the high level of extinction and proportion of parrots threatened with
extinction - ✔✔19 extinct; 1 out of 4
✔✔things to consider before buying a parrot (type of parrot, commitment duration, and
cost) - ✔✔- Needs lot of attention and physical contact
- commitment; some parrots live 80-90 years
- costs can easily reach $10,000
✔✔the significance of closed versus open leg bands on parrots - ✔✔Closed leg band =
100% indicator the bird was born in captivity
open leg band = wild bird
