I've started reading a book about the first wildlife forensics lab. In the intro it states that the more rare a species becomes, the more desired it is, whether as pets or for their parts. One such example given was Black Palm Cockatoos. A pair of Black Palm Cockatoos goes for $80,000. And still some of us sit back and act like it's not a big deal to want to obtain and own, let alone, breed such a species. It is the pet industries demand for rare species that is diminishing them in the wild, second to habitat destruction. It angered me to read that and to know how many people pretend like we're helping through the pet trade.
I encourage responses. $80,000 for a pair of Black Palm Cockatoos!!!
And yet I worry that writing this will encourage the greedy.