Illegal trapping for pet trade close to wiping out the
population
March 2013. Reports from the Indonesian state of West Nusa Tenggara, which
contains the islands of Lombok and Sumbawa ,
indicate that the Yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) population there
has reached a critical due to rampant illegal hunting and trapping for the pet
trade.
A recent survey counted just 107 birds in 2 populations.
The cockatoos are very slow breeders, laying a maximum of just 2 eggs per year.
So unless birds live to a ripe old age, and breed regularly, the population
will continue to decline.
According to Wikipedia,"
Numbers have declined dramatically due to illegal trapping for the cage-bird
trade. Between 1980 and 1992, over 100,000 of these birds were legally exported
from Indonesia
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