Elvis,
 EH> Birds are permanently banded when they leave OUR local quarantine
 EH> station....
 EH> and anybody who peddles birds "on the side" has broken Federal Law and 
s
 EH> subject to a fairly long visit to the crow-bar hotel himself!
 EH> Auctions run to hundreds of birds at the local INS facility.
Are you located near Mission, Texas?
I heard thru the grapevine that the is a local person, near you, involved in 
smuggling charges. They are really cleaning house in Texas.
Fran
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