{"id":51014,"date":"2023-06-18T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/worlds-most-traded-bird-now-in-full-flight"},"modified":"2023-06-18T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:22:57","slug":"worlds-most-traded-bird-now-in-full-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/worlds-most-traded-bird-now-in-full-flight","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s most traded bird now in full flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>On April 21, 2022, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) mounted a joint operation in which a Congolese national\u2014later identified as Bob Mbaya Kabongo\u2014was captured with 122 African Grey parrots stuffed in two cages.<\/p>\n

The birds were entrusted to the care of the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC).<\/p>\n

When veterinarians at the centre got the parrots out of the cages, three turned up dead. Two were fighting for their lives.<\/p>\n

The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species hazards the total global population of African Grey parrots at anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000.<\/p>\n

Known to take to lush tropical rainforests like Kibale National Park in Uganda, it is easy to see why the African Grey parrot is an endangered bird.<\/p>\n

The greys\u2019 brainpower is legendary, with some putting their repertoire of sounds in the hundreds.<\/p>\n

Their intelligence\u2014widely equated to that of a five-year-old human\u2014has led many to give in to the temptation of domesticating them for companionship or pleasure.<\/p>\n

This has led to a number of traffickers\u2014such as Kabongo\u2014to take many wild greys from their habitats in the rainforest to live in homes as pets.<\/p>\n

This has summarily fed a thriving illegal trade in wildlife. Kabongo, who pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful possession of wild greys on May 12, 2022, is neither the first nor the last trafficker of the protected bird species.<\/p>\n

Owing to their impressive vocal abilities (they can count and identify colours, to mention but two), the exotic pet trade of greys has fuelled their rampant poaching.<\/p>\n

In 2011 alone, as many as 400 greys were rescued after being plucked from the wild\u2014in violation of the law\u2014for the exotic pet business.<\/p>\n

While the fate of those greys is not documented, the ones rescued from Kabongo are anything but.<\/p>\n

UWEC this week released into the wild of Kibale 58 of the 119 greys Kabongo poached.<\/p>\n

Mr Charles Tumwesigye, the director of field operations at UWA, told Sunday Monitor that Kibale was cherry-picked because \u201cthe forest is more protected from traffickers\u201d like Kabongo than any other rainforest in the country.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, UWEC has\u2014as per one of its veterinarians, Dr Victor Musiime\u2014put \u201cnumbered rings on every parrot\u2019s leg for monitoring purposes in the wild\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will enable us identify them during the monitoring process,\u201d Dr Musiime further disclosed about the 58 greys that have been assessed and passed fit to survive on their own in the wild.<\/p>\n

The 61 greys that are still in the care of UWEC have what Dr Musiime described as \u201csmall issues health-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe are still ascertaining their conditions before they are taken back to the wild. They may become vulnerable to other predators and be eaten. Those that we will find unable to be taken back will stay in the facility and be used for conservation education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr David Musingo, UWEC\u2019s acting executive director, told Monitor that the centre\u2014popularly known as the Entebbe Zoo\u2014has spent quite a fortune nursing the greys to full health.<\/p>\n

The Japan International Cooperation Agency\u2019s Uganda office offered a telling hand insofar as guaranteeing the greys\u2019 welfare is concerned.<\/p>\n

They, for one, built a cage for the parrots.<\/p>\n

UWEC is the national designated CITES Wildlife Rescue Centre.<\/p>\n

It derives its mandate of rescue, rehabilitation of injured, confiscated, or orphaned wildlife from the UWEC Act 2015.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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