At just 9 weeks old, these parrots have already survived a harrowing journey after being snatched from their nests in a forest.
LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. — The 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second anyone neared the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March.
People are also reading… "They are hand-raised babies," he said, as the chicks squawked and looked inquisitively at the visitors."They've never seen mom and dad; they've been raised by us since they hatched." Wu was arrested, and on May 5 pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling birds into the United States. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he's sentenced Aug. 1.
The next day, Dr. Stacy McFarlane, a USDA veterinarian who initially tended to the birds and eggs at the airport, and other officials, delivered the baby parrots and remaining eggs to Reillo's conservatory. The trafficking pipeline out of Central America is well established and has gone on for years, he said.
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