• An estimated 25,000 wild parrots, caught or taken from their nests in Mexico, are smuggled across the Texas border each year.

• An additional 25,000 parrots die of suffocation, starvation, inhumane treatment while being transported to the Texas border.

• The Wild Bird Conservation Act passed by Congress in 1992 virtually eliminates trade in parrots from South America. Mexico has outlawed the exportation of it's parrots.

• Neotropical parrots have become one of the most threatened groups of birds in the world, primarily because of international trade and habitat destruction.