Parrot poachers striking while the market's hot

'Pretty' parrots are more likely to be snatched up for Indonesia's illegal wildlife trade, a new study reveals. The findings not only expose the key drivers behind the country's illegal trade in these birds, but offer lessons for the potential emergence and spread of infectious diseases that jump from animals to humans.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210520133835.htm