Wild-caught parrots suffer high mortality during capture and transport; choosing captive-bred birds eliminates this welfare cost.
Wild-caught parrots experience traumatic capture, extreme confinement during transport, and high mortality from stress, disease, and injury throughout the trade chain. Birds that survive to reach the pet market carry trauma responses that impair their adaptation to captive life. Choosing captive-bred parrots from responsible breeders eliminates these welfare costs entirely.