Supplementary memorandum from TRAFFIC
STUDY OF PARROT TRADE ON THE INTERNET
Commerce et Trafic de Perroquets sur Internet
By Conservatoire des Espe"ces Psittacines,Kerret,
Grand Champ, France 2000
Produced a large dossier on the internet sites
and a report (in French and hard copy only).
— Surfed the web for 500 hours between
1997 and 1999.
— At the start of the study period,
10,930 internet sites were found on which parrots are traded.
By January 1999 that figure had increased to 99,542 internet sites.
— The number of parrot species sold
from these sites was 161 species and 68 subspecies.
— 28 species were on Annex A of the
EU Wildlife Trade Regulations.
— Without carrying out in depth investigations
into each advertiser it was impossible to state how many of the
parrots were being offered illegally. Many of the adverts requested
further communication to be conducted privately, either by email
or by fax.
— The number of visitors to these parrot
internet sites that advertised birds for sale increased throughout
the study period. One site had 10,388 visitors in June 1997, which
had increased to 101,430 by January 1999. Another site had a total
of 186,487 visitors in May 1998 that had increased to 383,982
by January 1999. Yet another site had an increase of 337,102 visitors
in a 19 month period.
Author—Jerome Pensu, Conseiller Technique
du Conservatoire des Espe"ces Psittacines
(Translated by TRAFFIC International).
July 2004
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