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The Struggle to Save the Birds of Honduras

10,000 Birds

Great Green Macaw digiscoped at the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras For many centuries throughout the world mankind has kept birds as pets. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. Also, no one should have birds as pets. What can we do while species disappear from the planet each year?

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The Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

10,000 Birds

The biggest threats to their continued survival in the wilderness are habitat destruction and hunting, for both food and for the pet trade (though they are not considered in the least bit endangered).

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