"This is an almost unique case of how a can be endangered by trade without specific demand. It was literally unknown in until only five years ago. There was always a local trade, within the and islands, the only places where it occurs. These islands form a chain from northern to in the Philippines. Then suddenly, hundreds of birds were captured and exported. In 1992 about 1,000 were captured, at least 700 of which were exported. In that year, at least 200 died from disease and neglect at the premises of one dealer in Jakarta. I saw dozens crowded together in the cages of a dealer in Singapore. This would have been appalling whatever the species."
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Rosemary Low
(born 1942) is a British , , expert on s, curator of parrot collections, , photographer, editor, international lecturer, and author of numerous articles and books. In the late 1980s and during the 1990s, she was curator of birds at , , and subsequently at , . For 15 years until 2004, she served as editor of PsittaScene Magazine, published by the .
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