I didn't mean to imply by my post that it was still ok. In NZ we have these great wild parrots called Keas, and in the old days when NZ was first being settled by the europeans, alot of the early settlers would capture them and put them in cages in their wooden houses. They would not live very long after capture because of their poor environment. The population of Keas is now very small in NZ because of both that, and the fact that farmers were allowed to shoot them for years as they preyed on sheep. It's a very sad fact, as they are highly intelligent, and it is thought they may be more intelligent than african greys, although not many studies have been carried out as they are not often kept as pets. They are most often seen around Homer Tunnel destroying peoples cars and high up in the mountains around the ski resorts where they scavenge food off tourists. They are often put in public averies as well around NZ. I'm glad that people have held back from making pets out of them though, and the vast majority are still in their natural environment.
Heres about them on Wiki:
Kea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia