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Do your African Grey parrots have CITES? What documentation do you need to have and keep?
Do your African Grey parrots have CITES? What documentation do you need to have and keep?
CITES stands for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered and Threatened Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. This international agreement is intended to prevent wild populations of certain species from being decimated by commercial exploitation. Since January 2017, the African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) has belonged to CITES Appendix I (Annex A) and has a high degree of protection. Trade in wild-sourced (wild-caught) specimens is completely prohibited. On the other hand, CITES encourages captive breeding, as this maintains the genetic diversity of the entire population of the species and discourages illegal trade. CITES controls and certifies that this captive breeding activity takes place on the basis of a legal and registered breeding stock and the correct identification of the babies that will be traded or integrated into the breeding stock itself. Psittacus Catalonia’s breeding stock is registered and authorized by CITES since its inception in 1998. All our breeding stock has its corresponding CITES certificate. This allows us to request and obtain individual CITES certificates for all babies born in our facilities. CITES regulations state that African Greys born in captivity must be properly identified in an individual and indelible way (we use closed stainless steel rings) and that births and bandings must be reported to CITES. Since the African Grey parrot was included in Appendix I, only specimens from registered breeding centers may be sold and an individual CITES certificate must be required for each specimen purchased. In order to prove the legal origin of a grey parrot, it is necessary to have the individual CITES certificate and a valid invoice (which in our case contains the Psittacus Catalonia identification data, the customer’s data and the animal’s data: the number of the closed ring, the CITES number and the date of birth).
CITES stands for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered and Threatened Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. This international agreement is intended to prevent wild populations of certain species from being decimated by commercial exploitation. Since January 2017, the African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) has belonged to CITES Appendix I (Annex A) and has a high degree of protection. Trade in wild-sourced (wild-caught) specimens is completely prohibited. On the other hand, CITES encourages captive breeding, as this maintains the genetic diversity of the entire population of the species and discourages illegal trade. CITES controls and certifies that this captive breeding activity takes place on the basis of a legal and registered breeding stock and the correct identification of the babies that will be traded or integrated into the breeding stock itself. Psittacus Catalonia’s breeding stock is registered and authorized by CITES since its inception in 1998. All our breeding stock has its corresponding CITES certificate. This allows us to request and obtain individual CITES certificates for all babies born in our facilities. CITES regulations state that African Greys born in captivity must be properly identified in an individual and indelible way (we use closed stainless steel rings) and that births and bandings must be reported to CITES. Since the African Grey parrot was included in Appendix I, only specimens from registered breeding centers may be sold and an individual CITES certificate must be required for each specimen purchased. In order to prove the legal origin of a grey parrot, it is necessary to have the individual CITES certificate and a valid invoice (which in our case contains the Psittacus Catalonia identification data, the customer’s data and the animal’s data: the number of the closed ring, the CITES number and the date of birth).
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