KJ> 
KJ> In my personal opinion, I think Tony Silva needs to be put in a
KJ> 6" wide PVC tube and shipped across the ocean in the hold of a slow,
KJ> dirty cargo ship. No, on second thought, that's too good for him...
KJ> 
    Shame on you, as higher life forms(?) we are supposed to be above such 
treatment of animals . There is another thing to consider here. Most of 
he
birds that were brought in were very rare and expensive but not truely that 
differant. What I mean to say if the Hyacinths had been put into a shop that
also had Scarlets they would have been too expensive for most people and 
not sold. For the most part the only people that would buy them would be the
rich aviculturists in our ranks. I think you would be surprized how many of 
the "STARS" of aviculture actually have some of these birds tucked away 
somewhere. I always sort of found it funny that when the ban came into being
how the most of us were willing to accept the change and take up the 
hallenge
of captive breeding most of the common kept birds, there were those elite
people that were upset because they could no longer get the rare birds they 
wanted. They seem to think they speak for all when they insist that the 
mport
ban needs to be lifted. To tell the truth is there any commonly kept bird 
hat
you can no longer find. Breeding in captivity used to be economically a no 
o.
Now with the lack of cheeper imports, captive breeding is really taking off 
and is really becoming more common. Well to get back to the point, while it 
s
a shame that smuggling is taking place, it probably a bigger shame that 
eople
in our midst that know better are promoting it out of selfishness and 
eed...
    Dave 
    Cosysop A.I.E.
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