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The Pet Trade
Macaws have always been extremely popular as pets due to their bright colors and intelligence. The demand for macaws as pets has grown steadily in recent years, and along with it the trade in birds captured from the wild. Every year eight million parrots are captured for the pet trade. Ninety percent will die before they reach a buyer.
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