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I am a frequent visitor to the island of Bonaire. For those who are unfamilar where Bonaire is it is near Aruba off of the coast of Venezula. I go there to go scuba diving. My husband informed me of distrurbing news as he always links on the "Bonaire talk" website that just recently there had been an illegal smuggling bust involving 112 of the local yellow fronted amazon parrots. All of them are unweaned babies.
Needless to say, I was sick to my stomach. I have seen these parrots in the wild in the past. Unfortunately due to destruction of habitat I've seen less of them. Therefore, they have moved to area that is easy for poachers to get them.
Please check out: www.echobonaire.org
I've made a donation and at some point I will be heading down to Bonaire to see what I can do

oh gosh, that's just awful
Poor babies
Good on you for posting this and great to hear you might be going over to help

The wonderful folks who're there to feed and care for them are doing a terrific job. The birds are doing amazingly well. Phoebe Linden posted this yesterday: "Everything is going great here in Bonaire with the rescued baby parrots. All but 2 of the little conures are in flight. Entering an aviary with syringes of food and having all those little ones flying onto you, clamoring for food, is a true experience! They end up in our hair, on our shoulders, hanging off our ears, climbing our legs, you name it. 5 of the Amazons are now in flight, too. Every day, every feeding, is more exciting. At the end of each feeding, we are covered in formula (and worse)!Thanks to everyone for your support and donations to ECHO."

I am writing to everyone who will listen about the plight of the Bonaire parrots. This cause is close to my heart since I visit Bonaire frequently and have seen these birds in the wild.
thanks for listening!

I've been following the rescue efforts closely in Bonaire. I just found out that another half starved baby was recovered recently. I am trying to find out how this baby was discovered and the story behind it.
A few years ago, I remember seeing a few "locals' with caged amazons in rusted dirty cages with no toys along the boardwalk. I was amazed when I would talk to "owners" about the birds how they would shut right down and avoid my conversation. I really couldn't understand the point of locking these wild birds up when you could easily see them daily if you had hibiscus trees.

This is the only explanation, thus far, on Echo's Facebook page: "Another starving parrot chick was found late this week. Now the Echo team will try and put some weight on this illegally captured and now confiscated chick. It's skin and bones and about 40% underweight!" Posted Saturday.

That is correct Bluebird!
I am just awaiting a response on my bonairetalk chat group to find out more.