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It Seems to Me charges were filed alleging the smug­ EDITORIAL PAGE gling ofthose items also. If conVicted, Daoud could receive a maximum prison sentence of 50 y ars and a fine of $2.75 million. Silva could be sentenced to 45 years in prison and It Seems to Me. • • be fined $2.5 million. Caseres and by Sheldon Dingle Ugalde could get up to five years in Los Angeles, California prison with a possible total of fines amounting to $250,000. Happy ew Year, guys. Please keep in mind that indictments are not convictions. In the United States merican aviculture has been se­ charge them with facilitating the trans­ all persons are considered innocent un­ A riously impugned. We have portation of, concealing, and posses­ til proven guilty. [n my heart of hearts, I taken a very heavy blow to our credi­ sion of protected parrots, knowing the really hope Silva is innocent. I hate to bility, and our sincerity is in grave birds were smuggled. Caseres is alleged think that any aviculturist in this day and doubt. Do we or do we not have a to have supplied most of the birds for age would become involved in an activ­ healthy regard for the earth's environ­ Silva and Daoud, and Ugalde to have ar­ ity that is harmful to the world's popula­ ment and its wild flora and faunal Do ranged the smuggling of 50 Hyacinth tion of birds. Our mission is to enhance we really have a reverence for birds? [s Macaws from Mexico to the U.S. the well-being of the birds. If Silva is aviculture driven by our love and con­ Gila Daoud is alleged to have run the guilty, I hope that he gets pounded. cern for the birds - or by profit with­ family smuggling business under the di­ So, what are the ramifications of out regard for the birds? There may be rection of her son, Silva, while he was these charges? Well, for one thing, they some doubts. serving d1e avicultural and zoo commu­ support my earlier editorial wherein I nities as Curator of Birds at Loro Park, said that d1e times are changing. Ican go A strong case for the profit-only mo­ Tenerife, CanalY Islands. When search to almost any important meeting ofold tive is making news even as I write these warrants were executed at Daoud's time aviculturists and point out in my words. By now most ofyou have heard home, contraband ivory and a parrot­ mind quite a number of highly re­ or read in various newspapers that bird feather headdress were confiscated, and spected aviculturists whom I personally expert and avicultural guru Tony Silva has been indicted on ] 5 counts for al­ leged violations of the U.S. Endangered Species Act, the Lacey Act, Federal quar­ antine regulations, as well as certain ~7J~@@W\)~ provisions ofCITES. There are also al­ leged violations ofvarious wildlife pro­ CROP NEEDLES tection laws ofseveral othercountries. Straight, Curved &.. Custom-made Needles These latest indictments result out of available. All reusable. Operation Renegade, an international undercover investigation that has al­ Bonivet Plexi Syringe ready convicted 30 individuals for in­ * Unbreakable volvement in parrot smuggling and * Sterilisable to other related crimes. On ]3 December 160 degrees C ] 994 (Surpri ell Merry Christmas'!), * Exchangeable Luer Lock Adaptor James Burns, U.S. Attorney for the * Spare Washers Northern District of Illinois, and U.S. Available Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforce­ ment Chief, John Doggett Ill, an­ nounced the return of the indictments against Tony Silva, his mother, Gila An easy &: economical solu­ Daoud and co-conspirators Gisela tion to a recurrent problem Caseres (aka Ann Koopman) ofAsun­ in" bird treatment cion, Paraguay, and Hector Ugalde of Miami, Beach, Florida. Ava/lable In various sizes &.. quantities. Silva and Daoud are charged with conspiring to smuggle at least 186 en­ • Local 3.. Overseas Agents and Distributors required dangered Hyacinth Macaws into the U.S.A. in addition to a few other species [3W[] @@~~W of protected birds, including Vinaceous 117 Goollelal Dr, Kingsley, WA 6026 AUSTRALIA Amazons ancl Crimson-bellied Conures. INTERNATIONAL PH/FAX +61 9 309 9321 ASK" Counts 3 through 10, ]4 and 15 also afa WATCHBlRD 17 know to have violated a few wildlife cal have even voiced plans for phasing All birds on the Endangered Species rules years ago. Thirty years ago, mov­ out cats and dogs as pets. Of course list should also be registered and have ing birds across borders and beating the these folks have not forgotten birds. biological samples archived. The only I.R.S. on bird profits was an acceptable There is now and will be increasingly way to know with cel1ainty how closely game one could play. Even the more more pressure brought to bear against or distantly two birds are related is to honorable folks could participate with­ bird keeping. Every illicit act done by compare their DNA "fingerprints". This out impugning their character. Also dur­ any bird keeper is ammunition that will method ofbreeding management is al­ ing that time there were numerous be grossly exaggerated and used to ready being used by ratite breeders to forms of racial discrimination (segre­ tighten the noose around the throats of their great satisfaction and increased gated schools, separate drinking foun­ all aviculturists. And, sad to say, this atti­ production. Most species ofcaptive en­ tains, etc.), there was blatant gender dis­ tude seems to be "politically correct" in dangered birds are seriously inbred and crimination, there was rampant exploi­ some branches ofgovernment. It some­ the DNA evidence allows the wisest use tation ofthe world's resources, andeven times seems to me that several govern­ ofthe birds in the gene pool. These birds zoo animals were often kept under con­ ment agencies display a bias favoring deserve the best management available. ditions unacceptable by today's stand­ ideas that approach too closely the radi­ I should hope that most responsible ards. And these situations were OK to cal ideas of the whacko animal rights aviculturists will choose to take advan­ most reasonable and righteous folks of groups. We surely don't want anyone to tage of this remarkable tool - DNA that time. But that wayaflife is gonefor­ get railroaded by an over-zealous en­ identification. ever. Times havechanged. forcement team promoting its own Secondly, although the small back­ Fortunately, the vast majority of agenda. yard hobbyist may abstain, I feel it is aviculturists have also changed with the So what to dOl It seems to me that, velY advantageous for the professional times and are now enthusiastic environ­ first and foremost, each aviculturist has aviculturists to become certified under mentalists and supporters ofreasonable to become completely legitimate and the Model Aviculture Program (MAP). wildlife regulations. And even when a keep proper books on their bird opera­ MAP provides reasonable management few unreasonable or ridiculous laws get tion be it a small bird room hobby or a guidelines that are designed to enhance on the books, today's average avicultur­ major commercial breeding farm. Ifyou the well-being of captive birds. We all ist does not blithely violate them but, need a business license, get one. If you like that. MAP can certify that your aviar­ rather, attempts to change the laws make a little profit after all the expenses, ies and techniques comply. MAP also through the political process. declare it and pay your taxes. I am will­ (through a neutral third party) certifies In this day and age, those who smug­ ing to predict for the record that within that your record keeping is up to a cer­ gle birds and violate other wildlife laws five or six years evelY one ofyou will be tain level ofcompetency. Again, any re­ and fail to report bird profits to the I.R.S. contacted by an agent of the I.R.S. sponsible animal breeder understands are crooks, plain and simple. If Silva is Aviculture is not invisible any longer. the value ofknowing each animal's fam­ convicted, I hope none ofyou bird shut-­ You had better be aboveboard and le­ ily tree. Even the brightest among you t1ing, tax cheating miserable excuses for gal. will dim out when all your bird matings worthy human beings has the gall to There are a couple ofthings that I feel are committed to memory. "As I recall, point your finger at him in blame. You are essential to confirming your aviaries Matilda was mated to Filbert and had deserve the same fate and, with a little as legitimate. Number one is to get in­ JimmyJoeandMurgatntde backin '9]. luck, will get it. volved in the AFA Exotic Bird Registry. Thenfimmy chewed through the wire But where does this leave the major­ And the Registly, it seems to me, ought and mated with Charlotte---or luas that ity of us? Our philosophical opponents to have as one of its primary benefits Charlotte who chewed through and paint us all with the same damaging some sort of identification procedure. matedwith Murgatmde? I thOllght Mur­ brush. Silva was a respected leader in When you register a bird you also mark gatmdewasaJemale. Etc., etc., etc." ·worldaviculture and he seems to have it (leg bands, micro-chips, tattoos, DNA How do you lik~ them genetics? Also, violated his trust absolutely. If such a samples, or something as yet unknown I'd like to be there when you explain to leadercannot be trusted, how much less to me). As I write, at this velY moment, the I.R.S. your old method of left front the average obscure backyard breeder.
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