Abstract
The world's avicultural situation is
deteriorating. Birds are less and less
available to aviculturists. A similar situation
took place with Australian
birds more than 20 years ago. As birds
from various countries become
harder and harder to obtain, aviculturists
are seeing signs indicating all
importation may soon cease forever.
As existing bird stocks are depleted,
prices for birds for aviary stocks rise.
As prices for the dwindling numbers
of available birds rise, aviculturists
find incentives to breed avian species.
One bird that has benefited from
the current situation is the Abyssinian
Lovebird,. Agapornis taranta.
Danish Imports
Over the past 20 years, at least
5, 000 Abyssinian Lovebirds have been
exported from Ethiopia. Only about
one percent of those birds are alive
today. I know of two shipments of
Abyssinian Lovebirds that were
imported into Denmark. Less than
5% of these birds were still alive
within one year following arrival.....